Subject: Horns, Re: Twin Peaks Symbolism
From: twain@blake.u.washington.edu (Barbara Hlavin)
Date: 1990-10-03, 08:41
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <7403@darkstar.ucsc.edu> horny@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Michael Kaye) writes:
> >
> >
> >Perhaps this post will seem a little off the deep end, but bear with me
> >and keep an open mind.
> >
> >Twin peaks is filled with recurring symbols.  In many, many scenes,
> >the following images appear:  Fish, Antlers, Indian Totems.
> >Often these are on the wall, directly above characters heads.
> >In the security box bank scene, antlers dominate the foreground.
> >The examples are too numerous to list so I won't even try.
> >If you look for this when you see TP again, you will be shocked
> >at how common they are.  I swear I'm not grasping at straws; there
> >is nothing subtle about these symbols juxtaposition!  They are
> >not arbitrary and do tell us something, much in the same way that
> >"Invitation to love" provides little clues.





Horns are an ancient and universal symbol of the cuckold.  It's 
a *joke*.  Get it?








--Barbara





--
Barbara HlavinReason, an ignis fatuus of the mind,
twain@blake.acs.washington.eduWhich leaves the light of nature, 
U Washington AI-10/Seattle 98195Sense, behind.  -John Wilmot