Dorcas: 'Buried' dead or alive?

Clifford Drane · 07 Apr 1999, 19:18 · from urth-v0025.mbox · original

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From: "Clifford Drane" <dranec at hotmail.com>
Subject: (urth) Dorcas: 'Buried' dead or alive?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:18:59 CDT
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Ok. The seemingly accepted point of view is that Dorcas was dead, and=20
Severian brought her back to life while submerged looking for his=20
sword. However, the old man looking for his wife (my shiny new copy=20
of Lexicon Urthus (love it Michael!) is at home, so I don't know his=20
name!) said that Cas' eyes popped open just as she was submerged -=20
which led me to believe that she was laid to rest by mistake.=20
Following that logic, the water, which is said to act as a=20
preservetant, kept her in stasis for 40 years until Severian woke her=20
up by touching her hand (which could be supernatural in origin or not=20
(could have been the shock of the touch alone)).

Also, has Dorcas as a parallel to the Lady of the Lake been mentioned=20
before? Severian grasps both her hand and the sword at the same time,=20
almost like she gave it to him. Any thoughts about that?

Oh, if any of you catch me at Yahoo chat, my name is 'Agilus' (all=20
the name of good guys (or interesting creatures) were taken!)

Cliff Drane

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