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"Shomeret " <JDChronicler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:
> 1)Duncan tells Joe that his trip to Glenfinnan doesn't concern Joe.
> What does Duncan consider the proper concerns of Watchers? Did he
> believe that any Watcher activity is legitimate at that point?
I think that's a multilayered comment. On the surface, the business
of Watchers is immortality and its trappings -- "who whacked whom."
Duncan is following up on items from his pre-immie mortal life, from
before his first death. So on a surface level, he's saying that the
remnants of his mortal life are out of bounds for the watchers.
On a deeper level, I think it's much more fundamental. Glenfinnan is
"home" in the deepest sense. The Watchers are a violation of DM's
privacy. The 400-year old immortal can tolerate the loss of his
privacy. But going home brings out the 20-year old Scottish clansman,
who does not want someone spying on him when he returns home.
> 2)What does Duncan believe about why his father upholds the arranged
> marriage between Debra and Robert? Why does he accept his father's
> decision?
DM accepts his father's decision because he obeys the rules (deferring
to the chieftain.) Following certain rules is a fundamental part of
his culture, and his personality. The "why" doesn't matter to him --
he respects the rules, even if he knows that the reason behind them is
wrong.
> 3)What does Duncan believe about the Campbell clan and why it's
> im****tant to unite the MacLeods and the Campbells through marriage?
See above. "Why" doesn't matter.
> 4) Duncan intervenes over Robert striking Debra, but refuses to
> fight him. Doesn't it occur to Duncan that if Robert hits and
> shoves Debra now, before they're married, that it could get worse
> over time? Isn't he worried that Robert could hurt Debra seriously
> or even kill her if he marries her? Shouldn't he want to defend
> Debra as he later wanted to defend Midori in "The Samurai"?
The flashback is to the early 1600s, a time when wife-beating was
relatively accepted. I don't think he was comfortable with it, but he
was clearly prepared to allow it to occur after marriage. "The
Samurai" takes place almost 400 years later. Modern-day DM has
accepted modern thinking on this topic.
I think that's a good example of how the writers allowed DM to evolve
over his 400+ year lifetime. If anything, I thought the flashback DM
in Homeland was *too* modern -- for example, he did not want to fight
his cousin despite public humiliation. That's the action of a wise
man, not of a callow youth.
> 8)Does Duncan think that his father's spirit would approve of him now
> since he's avenged his death?
Definitely not. His father's disapproval had nothing to do with DM's
bravery, and everything to do with his unnatural recovery from death.
DM avenged his father's death, but that would have changed nothing.
> 9)Duncan leaves his father's sword in Glenfinnan saying it belongs
> there, but does Duncan still feel he has no right to that sword?
Of course DM feels he has no right to the sword. Because he doesn't
have a right to the sword. He was disinherited.
- Morty
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