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some in this could have two different interpretations. One, it could simply mean that she took her life in public and some people saw it. On the other hand, it could also mean that she did not die at all. It could simply mean that she decided to acknowledge the more masculine part of herself and by extension, in the eyes of more conservative mind sets, she died. With this switch, the largest obstacle of Hazel and Kinbote being the same person is erased.
Furthermore, the dynamics between Kinbote and Shade resemble that of a father and son at certain points in the book. While Sylvia is often hostile to Kinbote, John Shade looks at the troubled man with a much softer eye. Despite his sometimes obvious annoyance Shade has patience with Kinbote and even offers advice once in a while. Shade will also stick up for Kinbote and his work. For example, there is a conversation mentioned in the book where Shade speaks highly of Kinbote’ s work to another professor( 1962, 267). The way he speaks of the work is akin to the way a father would speak of a son he was proud of. On the other hand, peers that are as close as Kinbote claims he and Shade were would often share those same types of feelings, though they may not always be as pronounced. Though the evidence linking the two is at times circumstantial, there
some in this could have two different interpretations. One, it could simply mean that she took her life in public and some people saw it. On the other hand, it could also mean that she did not die at all. It could simply mean that she decided to acknowledge the more masculine part of herself and by extension, in the eyes of more conservative mind sets, she died. With this switch, the largest obstacle of Hazel and Kinbote being the same person is erased.
Furthermore, the dynamics between Kinbote and Shade resemble that of a father and son at certain points in the book. While Sylvia is often hostile to Kinbote, John Shade looks at the troubled man with a much softer eye. Despite his sometimes obvious annoyance Shade has patience with Kinbote and even offers advice once in a while. Shade will also stick up for Kinbote and his work. For example, there is a conversation mentioned in the book where Shade speaks highly of Kinbote’ s work to another professor( 1962, 267). The way he speaks of the work is akin to the way a father would speak of a son he was proud of. On the other hand, peers that are as close as Kinbote claims he and Shade were would often share those same types of feelings, though they may not always be as pronounced. Though the evidence linking the two is at times circumstantial, there