Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Rightful Inheritance and the Supernatural



It's interesting to note that throughout  the story when a mysterious situation takes place, typically the supernatural elements correlate to one of the themes; one theme in particular being rightful inheritance. Conrad's death, resulting from the fallen helmet that resembles Alfonso's helmet, is an unnatural way to die. It puts emphasis on the supernatural aspect of the helmet killing Conrad, son of Manfred and it seems that the main focus is the importance of the helmet and Alfonso and what he reflected.  Alfonso reappears other times in mystical forms and alludes to rightful inheritance. Rightful inheritance that specifically doesn't belong to Manfred, but instead Theodore.

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