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supraliving.. In itscontemporary version it is the quality of the surviving
that is. ofwhat is already dead and by that token becomes immortal.It's
a fine show. sir. he replied. jolly fine show. Then with aguffaw he
added And a. damned bad moral.Many of the Trickster's traits Radin
writes were. perpetuated inthe figure of the mediaeval jester and have
survived right up to. thepresent day in the PunchandJudy plays and in
the clown (xxiii).Who is. Punch anyway Where does he come from
And how could soimpossible and. ridiculous a character have survived
the changes andturmoil of the passing. centuries The plain fact is that
nobody knows.Certainly the figure of Punch as. we know him today has
a direct linkwith the commedia dell'arte of the. seventeenth century but
thecharacter is far far older. The original. significance of Punch's
faceand figure his enormous nose and hump are. meaningless to
anaudience of modern times when perhaps it is not. customary
toassociate large noses and sexual potency or find detchbacks.
mirthprovoking. But it is possible that Punch has lasted so long because
heso. blatantly cocks a snook at the restrictions of civilised societyand
perhaps. every man at some time or other would like to flaunt thelaws
of society with. a comparable nonchalance removing those who gotin
his way pursuing his. amorous inclinations willy nilly anddefeating in
the end the devil. himself How often we say of alikeable rogue He
could get away with. murder. And Punchdoes or almost always does
and he is such a likeable. rogue and ofcourse he's only a puppet and
puppets can get away with. anything.HANGMAN Now prepare
yourself for execution.PUNCH What forMr. Punch.. A Roman mime
called Maccus was the original of Punch. Astatuette of this. buffon was
discovered in containing all thewellknown features of our. friend the
long nose and goggle eyes thedetch back and protruding breast.. The
most popular derivation of Punchand Judy is Pontius cum Judis (Matt..
xxvii. ) an old mystery playof Pontius Pilate and the Jews but the.
Italian policinello seems tobe from pollice a thumb (Tomthumb
figures). and our Punch is frompaunch. The drama or story of our
Punch and Judy is. attributed toSilvio Fiorillo an Italian comedian of
the seventeenth century.. Punchtriumphs over all the ills that flesh is
heir to. () Ennui in. theshape of a dog is overcome () Disease in the
disguise of a doctoris. kicked out () Death is beaten to death and () the
Devil himselfis. outwitted. Brewer's Phrase and FableThis compulsive
desire for immortality. for a definitive immortalityrevolves around a
strange madness the mania. for what has achievedits goal. The mania
for identity for. saturation completionrepletion. For perfection too the
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