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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Jersey Hymn
An upload from Good Friday, 2019 —
"Daisy, when she comes to tea at Nick's house,
refers to the flowers brought by Gatsby as being
appropriate for a funeral and asks 'Where's the corpse?'
Gatsby enters immediately thereafter. This foreshadows
what will happen to Gatsby. The dialogue is not in the novel…."
— Discussion of the 2000 TV movie version in
Learning Guide to The Great Gatsby
Correction to the midrash:
Sorvino actually says, when there is a knock at the door,
"That must be the corpse."
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
The Harvest Conjecture
From Harvest Moon Day, 2019 —
From yesterday —
From St. Bridget's Day, 2012 —
See also Hermann Weyl and T. S. Eliot on time.
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