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...erotic chemistry between Bonham-Carter and Roache, which reaches its peak at the Venice Carnival (a script addition), only to disappear completely in the one explicit sex scene (definitely a script addition), which Softley deliberately deeroticizes to show the gulf that opens between Kate and Merton. Both the sexualized metaphor of the masked carnival and the loveless sex may strike one as a bit heavy-handed, but both sequences are effective thanks to the remarkable capacity of the two actors to turn the heat on and off at will...
...idea of blood becomes a linking metaphor, a image that can be used to mean both the spirit and soul, and the body itself. Some of Garcia Lorca's most beautiful images derive from this juxtaposition. For instance, trying to describe the sensations she's experiencing, the newly pregnant Maria says to Yerma, "Have you ever held a live bird, tight, in your hand? Well, it's the same, but in your blood...
...title is a metaphor, Cajete said. "[It is] a contemporary philosophy for indigenous education...
Cajete said the metaphor comes from the topography of his native land which is bounded by four sacred mountains. Elders of the community would often admonish youngsters to "Look to the Mountain...
Still, it would be wrong to take the 'police state' metaphor too far. Because when a young man approaches one of the officers stationed near the Science Center and asks "Where's the protest?" the cop doesn't take the comment as a challenge to her authority, or that of the police power she represents. She doesn't bust his knee caps or even give him a dirty look...