The narrator delivers some unconsciously self-deprecating remarks on the nature of prologues. He notes that despite the difficulty of writing these introductory digressions to each section of Tom Jones, and the fact that they are entirely distinct from the following chapters in the narrative about Tom, these digressions are still…
Month: November 2022
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Review
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Director: Don Siegel “Your new bodies are growing in there. They’re taking you over cell for cell, atom for atom. There is no pain. Suddenly, while you’re asleep, they’ll absorb your minds, your memories and you’re reborn into an untroubled world.” A classic of…
The Northman (2022) Film Review
The Northman (2022) Director: Robert Eggers “Evil begets evil…” In another masterfully striking cinematic feast, Robert Eggers turns to the legendary tale of Amleth (the basis for Shakespeare’s Hamlet) in his latest film, as the Viking epic aesthetic continues its contemporary revival. Having been impressed with Eggers’s previous two films,…
Reflections on Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones, Book XV
At the beginning of Book XV, the narrator of Tom Jones gives an interesting commentary on the nature of Virtue in which he praises the ancient Epicureans for their claim that Wisdom constitutes the chief good. However, he notes that Virtue does not necessarily lead to human happiness. This is…