Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 58

one reason that I decided to
‘plagiarize’,
the
Picasso
painting is because it plays
an important part in under-
standing who Kinbote is. It’s
an image of a naked boy
with a horse, and he hangs
it up, referring to the paint-
ing as ‘beloved’. This could
allude to allegations of him
being gay because is so in-
clined to hang up a picture
of a naked boy. Another op-
Image 2
tion is that it may indicate
“One recalls with nostalgic
the idea of Kinbote actually
pleasure its light gray car-
being a King because of his
peting and pearl-gray walls
refined taste in art. The
(one of them graced with a
amount of analyzation that
solitary copy of Picasso's
could come from this paint-
Chandelier, pot et casserole
ing that relates to the book
émaillée), a shelfful of calf-
is why I found it important
bound poets, and a virginal-
to essentially plagiarize.
looking daybed under its
rug
of
fur” (76).
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imitation
panda