Symbols and Tropes
The Book of Herodotus
Scraps of HistoryHerodotus is the guy who invented history. So it's fitting that, through Herodotus' book, the English patient reveals his own history.Almásy keeps this book with him everywhere he...
Winds
Breaking Wind"Let me tell you about winds," Almásy says at a moment which probably prompted hundreds of movie goes to get up and go pee or get more popcorn. Winds? Who cares? And those moviegoers...
Thimble
Sew What?Katharine Clifton's favorite Monopoly piece would be the thimble. (What would Almásy choose? The dog? The (loose) cannon?)During their first sexual encounter, Almásy tears off Katharine'...