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only three people…definitely Act one, scene one (3): ‘Tis
knew” (1962, 25). Here Kinbote common (see commentary to
broadcasts, or advertises, the line 62 on page 95)
fact that he is not an open
Often, almost daily it seems
book. The second character in
that another story will come
question is Timon. He is ref-
along
ered to by Old Athenian as
one).
He
too
speak
to
this
change of fate. Finding each
“Most noble Timon” (act one,
scene
that
one is a playground only to
was
Satan. When scholars sit, and
knocked from power when
think of multitudinous exam-
the winds of fate changed.
ples of fate changing wind
Being the educated person
they end up huddling and
that he was it is unlikely that
groaning
Nabokov overlooked the simi-
in
a
madhouse
(1962, 301). I cannot describe
larities between the two char-
the depths of my analysis and
acters.
stress in trying to unravel the
thought process of Nabokov,
and impossible task one can
I think there must exist a rea-
be sure. However, one can try.
son for this plagiarism by
Nabokov.
A
master
plan
where he uses the famous
The
play of a famous writer to
reason
that
Nabokov
chose to draw such parallels
show more than the power of
between his text and the fa-
multiple interpretations.
mous play is important to
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