"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
In our latest October, 15th post on the basic plots of fiction we took a look at what Christopher Booker calls Dark Figures, especially in relation to the “Overcoming the Monster” trope.
Today I thought we might take a closer look at an aspect I only hinted at the end of the previous article: the monster as a dark counterpart and, essentially, as a temptation.
Silence Speaks: Gender, Nature, and Identity in a 13th-Century Romance In the Roman de Silence, written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall, we meet Silence—a child born female but raised as a boy to circumvent a royal decree forbidding women from inheriting. As the
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of
Silence Speaks: Gender, Nature, and Identity in a 13th-Century Romance In the Roman de Silence, written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall, we meet Silence—a child born female but raised as a boy to circumvent a royal decree forbidding women from inheriting. As the
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of
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