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Blurred distinctions: the parable of the sower and Melville's one-legged man. (Herman Melville's 'The Confidence Man: His Masquerade')
From: ANQ
Date: 19940701
Author:Atherton, Eric N.
The character of the one-legged man in Herman Melville's 'The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade' can be interpreted as Satanic if Matthew 13:35-36 is used as reference. The character defies categorization as wholly good or evil thus establishing the complexity of human nature. The seeds of doubt that the one-legged man sows serve to spread distrust on board the Fidele. Melville's description of the one-legged man's movement and behaviour is reminiscent of a snake's behavior.
Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857) is a day-long philosophic festival of puns, word-play, ...
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