Post by Razgat on May 5, 2010 18:27:20 GMT -5
The three women actually symbolize wisdom, strength, and justice.
Veda is wisdom, hence her markings and white hair and the fiddling with the puzzle. She acts like she's in charge when she's the first to speak and first to act. She's afraid of being outsmarted, so she gets rid of any chances of that. Her vile doesn't really have significance. I guess maybe, with knowledge you rule the world.
Millicent is strength. The poem hints at this with her muscle and her control over the birds, like when she held one firmly in her hand. She speaks rashly and acts without any real explanation. She puts herself in a higher position than the others and thinks of them as weaklings. She thinks they're unfit, and that she's better. Her vile with killing the beast is obvious.
Astraea is justice. She has no description because justice has no true face, but her looking over things through the window shows her power and order. She lies about having to attend duties to show that justice isn't always true. She wants to rid the world of the other queens' evil rule and rule it herself. She fights for justice, and her vile symbolizes that.
One more word on the viles. Each can be taken in two different ways. Veda with her poison to kill the world says both what knowledge is and what it can do. In other words, she's killing herself while she also kills others. Same with Millicents. Strength is the beast, but it can also destroy it. And with Astraea, justice can destroy evil, but justice can also be evil itself. So, in conclusion, they're killing both their target and themselves.
Veda is wisdom, hence her markings and white hair and the fiddling with the puzzle. She acts like she's in charge when she's the first to speak and first to act. She's afraid of being outsmarted, so she gets rid of any chances of that. Her vile doesn't really have significance. I guess maybe, with knowledge you rule the world.
Millicent is strength. The poem hints at this with her muscle and her control over the birds, like when she held one firmly in her hand. She speaks rashly and acts without any real explanation. She puts herself in a higher position than the others and thinks of them as weaklings. She thinks they're unfit, and that she's better. Her vile with killing the beast is obvious.
Astraea is justice. She has no description because justice has no true face, but her looking over things through the window shows her power and order. She lies about having to attend duties to show that justice isn't always true. She wants to rid the world of the other queens' evil rule and rule it herself. She fights for justice, and her vile symbolizes that.
One more word on the viles. Each can be taken in two different ways. Veda with her poison to kill the world says both what knowledge is and what it can do. In other words, she's killing herself while she also kills others. Same with Millicents. Strength is the beast, but it can also destroy it. And with Astraea, justice can destroy evil, but justice can also be evil itself. So, in conclusion, they're killing both their target and themselves.
