At 10:33 AM 2/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>George Upper <
gcupper3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > what's a doppleganger?
>
>Ah, that's the question, isn't it? Here, miker,
and
>for anyone else who cares (and I have to
believe
>that's a short list) are the first few paragraphs
of
>my thesis (unedited as of yet, so I apologize
in
>advance for any errors). I hope this answers
your
>question; if it doesn't, I have some
serious
>re-writing to do.
Wouldn't the doppleganger myth be an attempt by all of us to
share in the mystery of identity and individuality
experienced by identical twins? As a literary device it
affords the opportunity to compare and contrast. Or have I
missed the point altogether?
Kerry
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