[Bananafish] Fat ladies, widows, and oblivion

[Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE]

There has always been something about the Glass menagerie that has
always bothered me.  Buddy explains to us about sensitive Seymour's
stainless love and concern for the ever present fat lady, and Muriel has
always struck me as the living embodiment of this fat lady.  Now, why
would the enlightened, fat lady focused, Seymour abandon her so easily?
Was he omniscient as well, knowing that there was no hope for a poor
hapless Muriel?  So does that mean that Seymour's presence is irrelevant
to others?  If so then the fat lady speech was a load of
non-reincarnated organic material.  Or is the fat lady doctrine really a
selfish conceit like Teddy's orange peel theophany?

 

Daniel

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