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Alan (slight dodo-related spoiler)
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: October 21, 2004 03:01PM
Hi, I haven't posted here in a long time, but I just finished SR and loved it.
I had a question about Alan, Pickwick's son. Is the name "Alan" significant in some way? He goes back to Elsinore with Hamlet at the end of the book--is there an "Alan" mentioned in "Hamlet" somewhere? (It seems an unlikely name for a Shakespearian character!) Or did JF name him Alan in honor of a friend/colleague? It just seems like such a funny name for a pet dodo, and so unrelated to "Pickwick."
Thanks!
Karen
I had a question about Alan, Pickwick's son. Is the name "Alan" significant in some way? He goes back to Elsinore with Hamlet at the end of the book--is there an "Alan" mentioned in "Hamlet" somewhere? (It seems an unlikely name for a Shakespearian character!) Or did JF name him Alan in honor of a friend/colleague? It just seems like such a funny name for a pet dodo, and so unrelated to "Pickwick."
Thanks!
Karen
Re: Alan (slight dodo-related spoiler)
Posted by: boffin (---.access.uk.tiscali.com)
Date: October 22, 2004 01:48AM
I would like to read 'The adventures of Alan Dodo at the Danish Court', whoever it turns out to be written by.
With a bit of luck, Alan will peck Polonius behind the arras, or possibly somewhere slightly lower down, anatomically speaking. Serve the old git right too, is what I say.
With a bit of luck, Alan will peck Polonius behind the arras, or possibly somewhere slightly lower down, anatomically speaking. Serve the old git right too, is what I say.
Re: Alan (slight dodo-related spoiler)
Posted by: Nicky (---.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
Date: October 23, 2004 06:00PM
Re: Alan (slight dodo-related spoiler)
Posted by: Magda (---.med.umich.edu)
Date: December 07, 2004 08:51PM
Which still doesn't answer the question of why Jasper named both dodos Alan, of course.
Post Edited (12-08-04 16:24)
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Post Edited (12-08-04 16:24)
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
Re: Alan (slight dodo-related spoiler)
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 08, 2004 12:59AM
Because that was its name, said Pooh. And it was.
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