Discussion post: 2.2.1

[genarti]

Ack! I'm sorry, guys -- I totally forgot to post this last night. (For the record, any member of the comm should be able to post here, so if I mess up again, any of you is more than free to put up a discussion post if you want to be able to talk in it.)

We're to Book II now, "Le cabaret de la Rue du Paon," aka "The Public-House of the Rue du Paon. Specifically, 2.2.1: "Minos, Éaque, et Rhadamante" or "Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus."

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[thjazi]

Hah, no blame-- my internet access has been such a snarl of tin cans and string lately I'm just now getting caught up on NinetyThree Stuff, or I'd have posted myself. ! And you seem to have been a LITTLE busy!

This chapter, though! I'm really interested in where this goes, because Hugo is so clearly super conflicted about the Revolution-- obviously he things it was Great and necessary, but also his freakout about the Terror of Ninety Three is all over EVERYTHING all the time. I don't know how he's going to resolve that in talking about the people who were actually there. So far he seems to be going with "they were right but really scary"?

2.2.1

[bobbiewickham]

Minos, Éaque (Aecus) and Radamante (Rhadamanthus) in Greek mythology are the three judges of the underworld, who judge the souls of the dead. I think the implication is pretty clear. Robespierre, Danton and Marat are described in great physical detail, but right now I’m most interested in the eavesdropping Laurent Basse, who serves Marat but is of the Evêché. What’s he listening for? And what’s he going to do about it?