Subject: Symbols/motifs in the "^Twin Peaks^" Universe 3rd Update
From: 6600koga@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Jeffrey Koga)
Date: 1991-02-28, 12:09
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

**SPOILERS FOR THOSE HERE AND IN EUROPE**

Well, here's the fourth version of this list.
Special thanks go to the following people for
contributing:
  Linda Birmingham (twice), Scott L. Vandenberg,
  Ann Hodgins, Jeanne Stapleton, 
  Bradford H. Needham, Palmer Davis, "Arachnid",
  Greg M. Brown, Eric Daniels, Ron Sires, 
  Bill Downing, "Scratch", and "Rocky".


Symbols/motifs in the "^Twin Peaks^" Universe
(last updated 2/28/91, 2/19/91, 2/8/91, and whenever
before that in January).

  1.  Sex, comedy, violence, and rock 'n roll

  2.  Ceiling fan in the Palmer home

  3.  Traffic light

  4.  "Invitation to Love" soap opera

  5.  Waterfall outside The Great Northern Inn

  6.  Sprinkler on the Sheriff's Office ceiling

  7.  Coffee, donuts, and cherry pie

  8.  Owls

  9.  Psychic visions

 10.  Trees/forest/wood:
Forest in/outside Twin Peaks,
Log Lady's log,
Bookhouse Boys patch, and
Doorknob on drawer in The Great Northern Inn

 11.  Dead people:
Laura Palmer,
Bernard/Jacque/Jean Renault,
Blackie O'Reilly,
Madeleine Ferguson,
Emory Bates,
Leland Palmer,
Eric Powell (dead drifter),
Jeffery Marsh,
Malcolm Sloan (Evelyn Marsh's lover),
Jonathan Kumagi(assistant to Thomas Eckhardt),
Thomas Eckhardt, and
Josie Packard

 12.  Full/half moon

 13.  Glasses/sunglasses:
Dr. Jacoby,
Madeleine Ferguson,
Laura Palmer/Donna Hayward, 
        Evelyn Marsh, and
Thomas Eckhardt

 14.  Cigarette/cigar smoking:
Benjamin Horne,
Shelley/Leo Johnson,
Bobby Briggs,
Josie Packard,
Donna Hayward, and
Evelyn Marsh

 15.  Fire:
Log Lady's husband died in a forest fire,
"Fire, walk with me",
Packard sawmill fire, and
The fire from the fireplace at the Great
          Northern Inn lobby reflecting off Thomas 
  Eckhardt's sunglasses

 16.  White horse:
"General" Benjamin Horne's Civil War
          piece(s), and
Laura Palmer's pony (Troy) that was seen by
  Sarah Palmer right before BOB killed
  Madeleine Ferguson

 17.  Light and dark:
White/Black Lodge, and
Chess pieces

 18.  Light fixtures/lightbulbs on the ceiling:
Sheriff's Office light when Eric Powell 
  is found, and
Leo/Shelley Johnson's ceiling light when Leo
  reawakens

 19.  Animal heads:
Deer (?) head on table when Sheriff Truman
  and Agent Cooper have Laura Palmer's
  safety deposit box,
The assortment of trophys in the den (?) in
  Pete/Catherine Martell's home, 
The deer (?) head next to Eric Powell, and
The cooked pig head that Josie serves as
  dinner to Catherine Martell and Thomas
  Eckhardt

 20.  Hank's domino

 21.  Chess/chess pieces

 22.  Twins/opposites:
Agent Cooper/Windham Earle,
Laura Palmer/Madeleine Ferguson,
Bernard/Jacque Renault, 
Mike/BOB, and
The Giant/Little Man from Another Place

 23.  "Family trios" (warped versions on 
      Daddy/Mommy/Child):
Bobby Briggs/Shelley Johnson/Leo Johnson,
(Dick Tremayne/Andy)/Lucy Moran/Nicky,
"Big" Ed Hurley/Norma Jennings/Nadine
  Hurley,
Bobby Briggs/Audrey Horne/Benjamin Horne,
Pete Martell/Catherine Martell/Josie
  Packard, and
Malcolm/Evelyn Marsh/James Hurley

 24.  The color brown

 25.  Lookalikes (characters who physicall resemble
      each other):
Benjamin Horne/Leland Palmer,
Audrey Horne/Donna Hayward, and
Laura Palmer/Madeleine Ferguson

 26.  Inverse radiation symbol:
Major Brigg's neck

 27.  Red curtains in various dreams/visions/places:
Agent Cooper's first dream sequence with the
  Little Man from Another Place, and
Jacque Renault's log cabin


Corrections/additions/comments/questions would be
most appreciated, preferably via E-mail, not by
posting.
--
Jeff "Koganuts" Koga   1) "The 'Star Wars' Trilogy" by John Williams
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