tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post123204952767434586..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: The Therapy ZoneDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-73906045734683203812014-02-12T10:01:44.150+00:002014-02-12T10:01:44.150+00:00Hello Arno,
This is deep, and I'll have to...Hello Arno,<br /> This is deep, and I'll have to give it some more thought. Perhaps to speak to Michael about it, ask him if he cares to enlarge on the subject. Certainly it is an interesting topic, if rather vexing for me at the moment.<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-48235014008016347922014-02-11T10:57:57.430+00:002014-02-11T10:57:57.430+00:00Well noted, David! And yet, I think I can see what...Well noted, David! And yet, I think I can see what Michael is up to. Because it's about a more abstract layer here, the conception of the existence of such things like "unity/individuality". In "Schizoid" No. 6 is - virtually - split into 2 halves, factually there are 2 instances/entities of himself, one is who we call the doppelganger. In "Forsake" Nigel Stock's impersonation is actually a doppelgänger but not physically, of course. One could maintain that one part of No. 6's personality has been separated from his "other self" (his body and, perhaps, a bit more). In the history of film and the cinema we can find a number of examples of "split personalitie", like THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE or the Dorian Gray motive where one oart of the indivudual is "split" and the soul sold to the Devil. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-59559658378719296352014-02-11T09:12:59.741+00:002014-02-11T09:12:59.741+00:00Hello Arno,
With all due respect, I find I can...Hello Arno,<br /> With all due respect, I find I cannot agree. In 'Schizoid' No.6's physical appearence might have been duplicated in his doppelganger Curtis, but not so No.6's personality, there is no question of a "split" personality. All Curtis could do was to impersonate No.6, to mimic him, he did not phycially have No.6's personality. The question of identity crisis in 'Schizoid' has been brought about because No.6's mind has been conditioned to believe he is someone else. Nor in 'Forsake' is No.6's personality "split," it is his mind that has been parted from his body, and placed in another. There is no question of a "split" personality in 'Forsake.'<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-74467286757852450162014-02-10T13:08:45.139+00:002014-02-10T13:08:45.139+00:00There is a correspondence in contrariness of the &...There is a correspondence in contrariness of the "Schizoid" episode and "Forsake". In "Schizoid" Number Six' person and personality are doubled, or duplicated. They are split in "Forsake". But there is a contradicton: Number Six' double/duplicated personality causes a split personality or, at least, identity crisis. On the other hand, the split personality of Number Six (in "Forsake") causes the existence of a doppelganger, a second entity of his partial identity. As the English expression double in connection with personality means split personality. A mind-boggling - schizoid and schizophrenic - thing that is. Thanks to Michael for this observation. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.com