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Originally Posted by Mad-ox  [color="Blue"]However, NOTHING is accidental.
Just a rethorical question: how can we know what was in Herman Melville's mind when he was writing his masterpiece. Obviously, there is no answer, but one should be one to many interpretation. |
I cannot follow you when you state 'nothing is accidental'. If you happened to be driving along a road when a tree collapsed, crushing your car, would you not agree that that was an accident?
No, you are right that we cannot know what was in the mind of the author when writing, although most authors find it hard enough to write their story without trying to be 'understood' in some mysterious way. Do you seriously believe that all writing is produced with hidden meaning?