Dawn answers “Can someone explain the Flute part of the...”

Lissad asked this question about Euphoria:

Can someone explain the Flute part of the story to me? What was it and why was it so significant/important to Fen? I thought I heard/read that Fen "fed" it at one point?

Dawn I agree with all the responses here, but must add that I think it had a sacred phallic symbolism to Fen, who was trying to maintain his hold on Nell a…moreI agree with all the responses here, but must add that I think it had a sacred phallic symbolism to Fen, who was trying to maintain his hold on Nell and his marriage, while he felt threatened by Bankson. He held on to it as tightly and protected it as fiercely as his privacy and masculinity, his "Northern" characteristics, don't you think?(less)

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Penny Reinecke I wouldn't have thought of that - because Im not a particularly literary person! But of course you can put any interpretation on anything. However in ...more
Jun 22, 2016 04:54AM · flag

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