| re: Hidden puns in character names? |
| Posted by: Ned3301 05:15 am EDT 04/21/20 |
| In reply to: Hidden puns in character names? - 37Rubydog 01:47 pm EDT 04/19/20 |
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One of the cleverest is the name of the Devil in Damn Yankees--Applegate.
The apple refers us back to the first sin of all, in Eden, and the Devil is in effect the "gate"--that is, the
procurer of lost souls with which to populate his domain--of hell. |
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