tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post885559327553156701..comments2024-03-15T02:42:58.854-04:00Comments on The Hat Rack: The Metamorphosis of Jane DoeNathaniel Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-31369857962859121202011-08-03T04:07:40.282-04:002011-08-03T04:07:40.282-04:00Thanks for the comments and the reading, Anton. Yo...Thanks for the comments and the reading, Anton. Your identification of the theme - and the symbolism supporting it - is certainly accurate, though I intended it to be broader. I was thinking not just in terms of romantic choice and change, but choice and change overall. The abusive relationships were a way to show someone with no control over their life not gaining but control but changing to a different abuser, but they weren't the entirety of the attempted metaphor (which would include, say, directionless changing of jobs or religions, to pick two other random examples).Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-23650165057822672072011-08-03T03:29:01.777-04:002011-08-03T03:29:01.777-04:00Great use of language in an effective piece, but.....Great use of language in an effective piece, but... I do worry about the cliché female victim, mooning over a man, which is understandable short-hand but perhaps too easy. I identified that as your theme for the piece, ie women shouldn't put all their faith in men.<br /><br />Was all that sexual symbolism deliberate, or have I been on the Internet too long? ("impotent", "on all fours", "straddling", "writhing" "struggle beneath him")<br /><br />This is a great line: "her flesh flowing like a silt-filled tide."Panicswitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074225770192887676noreply@blogger.com