". . . for day by day we destroy that we may live,
since in this world none save the strongest can endure. Those who are weak
must perish; the
earth is to the strong, and the fruits thereof.
For every tree that grows a score shall wither, that the strong ones may
take their
share." (Haggard 202-203)
Discussion of She:
Holly is a philosophical figure
She has eyes like a Basilisk
She has a vanity that can be flattered through
praise 189
She is a woman of many moods
Materialism versus faith:
"It is weary work enough to argue with an ordinary
materialist, who hurls statistics and whole strata of geological facts
at your head, whilst you
can only buffet him with deductions and instincts
and the snowflake of faith, that are, alas! so apt to melt in the hot embers
of our troubles 193
Ayesha in hell, a tormented soul." (Haggard 199)
Deconstruction of "good and evil" 203
Reference to Amenartas 204
Ustane is marked with She's brand 207
Holly's dream of bones, of skeletons on the march
208
Amahagger Dance (popular episode in Haggard fiction)
Dance of death 218
Ustane and She confront one another, argue about
Leo
Ayesha's love poem 233 (way of elevating her
affection, and also giving it a sense of destiny)
Leo and Kallikrates are doubles 237 She destroys
the original K.
Job's dream
The temple of Truth--Haggard plays with the reader
but he also partakes
in the discourse of archeology