May 2012
29 posts
" the bodies of 'four young brothers'. "
“… Heaney’s ‘excavation’ of “The Tollund Man” and the subsequent resurrection of him upon the page weaves in a ‘sectarian’ murder committed by Northern Ireland’s auxiliary police force, the B Specials. The murder takes place in the 1920s and in “The Tollund Man,” Heaney is explicit in his comparison of the body of “The Tollund Man,” a victim of ritual sacrifice and the bodies of ‘four young brothers’. The brothers were dragged by a train, their ‘Tell-tale skin and teeth/Flecking the sleepers’.Heaney’s theme in this poem is ritual murder, perpetrated both in Iron-Age Denmark and in 20th-century Ireland. He admits at the end of the poem that “In the old man-killing parishes/I will feel lost, /Unhappy and at home.”…”
In response to harryscrotchlessgoldtights:
My Every Thought.: About the whole Cesare being seduced by Caterina... →
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I understand it, I guess. I don’t ship it at all, though. Firstly because:
- Caterina was historically a slut, opening her legs was a thing of business settling.
- She already has a son, who is probably around 20-25. That makes her at least 40. Cesare’s supposed to be 19-20 around season 2.
- Oi….
This scenario is sooo hilarious! I had to reblog it
