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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Within the glory
Hello,
In the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" by Peter Carey, Olivier describes little cottages that Mr. Godefroy, the director of Wethersfield prison and a protestant, has built in the following way:
And there the little houses waited, above the lake, gazing down upon the wonders of the river – whose secret ripples and hidden shoals were instructive as metaphors within the glory of the Protestant God – waiting to reform the characters of those who never seemed to come.
I don't understand the meaning of the preposition within in this context. What does "metaphors within the glory of the Protestant God" mean? Does it mean "metaphors to the glory /describing the glory of..."?
Thank you for your advice.
In the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" by Peter Carey, Olivier describes little cottages that Mr. Godefroy, the director of Wethersfield prison and a protestant, has built in the following way:
And there the little houses waited, above the lake, gazing down upon the wonders of the river – whose secret ripples and hidden shoals were instructive as metaphors within the glory of the Protestant God – waiting to reform the characters of those who never seemed to come.
I don't understand the meaning of the preposition within in this context. What does "metaphors within the glory of the Protestant God" mean? Does it mean "metaphors to the glory /describing the glory of..."?
Thank you for your advice.
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This section set off by dashes is about the river. My guess is that the river as a whole represents the glory of the Protestant ***. But there's much to be learned about this glory.
- This section set off by dashes is about the river.
- My guess is that the river as a whole represents the glory of the Protestant ***.
- But there's much to be learned about this glory.
- It has its problems, which must be navigated - problems within the glory.
- Hence the "secret ripples and hidden shoals" are metaphors for these problems.
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This section set off by dashes is about the river.
My guess is that the river as a whole represents the glory of the Protestant ***.
But there's much to be learned about this glory. It has its problems, which must be navigated - problems within the glory.
Hence the "secret ripples and hidden shoals" are metaphors for these problems.
They teach (they "were instruct
My guess is that the river as a whole represents the glory of the Protestant ***.
But there's much to be learned about this glory. It has its problems, which must be navigated - problems within the glory.
Hence the "secret ripples and hidden shoals" are metaphors for these problems.
They teach (they "were instruct
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