Notes 3/4

"okay, smile, not too much, just a little uplift of the lips, remember look at the camera, don't look away at other things, wonder what's taking so long, why am i doing this again, oh right my editor, there they're done..." stream of conscious of JK Rowling

The Lifted Veil by George Elliot

Evidence that Latimer actually has supernatural visions:

His vision of Prague. After his first disease and he realized that he had the ability to read minds/visions, Latimer went to Prague to see if the vision was true and it was. But the bridge he sees, is the most painted, photographed bridge in Prague. He might have seen it before.

Why can't he read Bertha's mind? It would take the fun out of his visions. Latimer is projecting his desire for what he wants her to be onto Bertha. She is a great "screen" because of her sarcasm, cynicism, sneering attitude that he believes someone can move her to emotion and he hopes it can be him.

In Latimer's youth, his mother worshipped him then died. He wants to get back to that all-embracing love from a woman and he's projecting that onto Bertha, who he thinks is worthy of that position his mother once held. He believes he's exceptional: "cursed, destined to be special".

He's more alone than a poet because he can't express his emotions and have others read his work; he talks of Rousseau who wrote "Confessions", an autobiography. Latimer is egotistical and self-absorbed but he's also romantic.