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Sep 5Liked by sympathetic opposition

I love this. “As is so often the case, she could talk about the problem, or she could fix it.”

There is also Cordelia in the first act of King Lear, who I think about a lot, though it isn’t exactly a fairy tale.

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Sep 5Liked by sympathetic opposition

(The first scene I mean, though that is also the first act)

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Sep 4Liked by sympathetic opposition

Does Echo & Narcissus count? Seems like it ought to be a more common motif but I can't really think of any others...

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DEFINITELY counts

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Sep 8Liked by sympathetic opposition

Love the retelling of stories, and additional commentary

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