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BARD OF AVON
Oh there book. As for the other charac-
but there is so much more! ters, there is an exceptional
When Timon left his palace, it uniformity between how the
was not willingly. He did so female characters are treated.
because he owed so much In the play they only show up
money that he had no other towards the end and are
choice. He was forced out; called whores. In your book
you could almost say exiled… they are all viewed through a
who else has a similar experi- lens of hatred and disgust
ence in Pale Fire ? Your dear when it comes to Kinbote’s
King opinion.
Charles!
Exiled
from
Zembla for different reasons, Nabokov and Mr. Shade ex-
but kicked out of his home all change a worried look
the same. There is yet anoth-
MR. SHADE [ nervously, clear-
er coincidence between King
ing his throat ] And..is that all?
Charles/Kinbote and Timon.
After Timon is ‘exiled’ he re- BARD OF AVON
sorts to eating roots in the is one final point I would like
woods and gives up meat. to make. It is the opinion of
Now, when King Charles be- historians that Shakespeare
comes Kinbote, he becomes may not have been the only
a vegetarian. That seems to author of this play, and in fact
be an extra character trait that Shakespeare was not
that otherwise has no influ- one man but the idea was
ence over the story in your created from multiple peo-
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No. There