In part 3 you noted the 4 characters in House Harkonnen who are the inverse of the 4 cardinal virtues in House Atreides. Now it totally matches up, too, with Feyd as the proverbial "shadow" to Paul.
Great essay Parker. I caught Feyd-Rautha being Paul's foil, but you expanded it significantly for me! One part that I was struck by was the comparison of the burial/funeral services for Jamis and the Atreides fighter... I completely agree that everything Feyd-Rautha does is despicable, but I was caught off guard by how he demands that the slave be buried with his head on (obviously not common) and with his weapon... as a sign of respect for how hard he fought. And in response Count Fenring tells the Baron that this is an example of "true bravura" pg. 427. Is this Herbert telling us that courage is truly a virtue? But it alone does not a good man make? Or is it possibly a yin-yang? With some dark aspect of the fight with Jamis (possibly Paul really not liking the man at his funeral?) sitting in the center of the light?
In part 3 you noted the 4 characters in House Harkonnen who are the inverse of the 4 cardinal virtues in House Atreides. Now it totally matches up, too, with Feyd as the proverbial "shadow" to Paul.
Great essay Parker. I caught Feyd-Rautha being Paul's foil, but you expanded it significantly for me! One part that I was struck by was the comparison of the burial/funeral services for Jamis and the Atreides fighter... I completely agree that everything Feyd-Rautha does is despicable, but I was caught off guard by how he demands that the slave be buried with his head on (obviously not common) and with his weapon... as a sign of respect for how hard he fought. And in response Count Fenring tells the Baron that this is an example of "true bravura" pg. 427. Is this Herbert telling us that courage is truly a virtue? But it alone does not a good man make? Or is it possibly a yin-yang? With some dark aspect of the fight with Jamis (possibly Paul really not liking the man at his funeral?) sitting in the center of the light?
Thanks again Parker!
“you wouldn’t want to read that much from me anyways”
Um pretty sure that’s why we’re here bro. Bring it on!