Thecla's "Identity"

Matthew Vomacka · 04 Apr 2013, 10:57 · from 2013-April.txt.gz

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From: mavomacka at gmail.com (Matthew Vomacka)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 06:57:17 -0400
Subject: (urth) Thecla's "Identity"
Message-ID: <CAON7vBNyrxV0MWFPf2+2RCiiV4RQq6CEJh48DV5dnF3HKmiEvg at mail.gmail.com>

This is my first message; hopefully everything pans out fine.

I haven't thought much about it, but I wonder if Thecla is meant to reflect
Ethel Rosenberg, just a little. Obviously she's a good deal younger, and
probably less rebellious, but there still seem to be a few basic ties:
-Electric chair (death).
-Errors in the "demise" of both (Thecla is given an expedient weapon, Ethel
must be shocked more than once).
-Connotations of treason, not (IIRC) solidly proven.
-Vodalus has ties to the Ascians (who might be considered superficially
following a communist creed? how many follow any creed very strongly) and
Abaia (no clue - Cthulu?).

I don't believe that the romantic aspects of Severian's intervention really
come into play in any comparison, and I doubt Ethel possessed anyone after
she died.
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