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Jul. 7th, 2016 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shreveShreve Mackenzie is the Canadian roommate of Quentin Compson from "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!" Loud, big, and boisterous, Shreve offers a drastic, albeit pleasant, change from the old, mythic South of Quentin's upbringing. Described as "cherubic," "a baroque effigy created out of colored cake dough," and "cupid pink," by Quentin, Shreve is as larger-than-life in size as he is in personality. Before all else, he is loyal to the eldest Compson son, a characteristic that seems to transcend roommate amiability into what could be read as a genuine love. And that is how I intend to write Shreve.
The crux of Quentin and Shreve's relationship is based in their dorm room at Harvard in 1910, where they properly transcribe the grandiose story of a Great Southern family that Quentin has essentially been assigned. This story provides a certain access to exploration of their own relationship. Shreve, in these chapters, proves himself to be attentive and talkative at once, fueling the more sexual questions the story raises, while still trying to be that person to Quentin himself.
I will play Shreve as loquacious, eager, loyal, exuberant, you name it. Verses and eras can, may, and will likely vary.
Cheers!
The crux of Quentin and Shreve's relationship is based in their dorm room at Harvard in 1910, where they properly transcribe the grandiose story of a Great Southern family that Quentin has essentially been assigned. This story provides a certain access to exploration of their own relationship. Shreve, in these chapters, proves himself to be attentive and talkative at once, fueling the more sexual questions the story raises, while still trying to be that person to Quentin himself.
I will play Shreve as loquacious, eager, loyal, exuberant, you name it. Verses and eras can, may, and will likely vary.
Cheers!
