[lbo-talk] Harry Potter, Metritocracy, and Reward

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Sat Aug 25 07:50:53 PDT 2007


Joanna wrote:
>
>The next time you see or hear the opera, notice how it looks at
>love/lust at every stage:
>
>--adolescent, Cherubino
>--wedded-young Suzanna/Figaro
>--wedded-old Count/Countess
>--old-old Figaro's mother

But....recalling Le Barbier, it seems clear that Figaro is at least as old as Almaviva, and both are significantly older than Rosina--who, from the disguise scene in Les Noces, is not necessarily any older than Suzanne. But all of them are still very young in Les Noces.

One thing that I have always found intriguing is Beaumarchais's view of marriage--Almaviva has already fallen out of love with Rosina, and they haven't even been married long enough to produce a single child!

Shane Mage

"This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out in measures."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 30



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