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==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
The use of "Mrs. Moore" as an alias alludes to the fact that a [[pseudonym]], [[Paula Moore]], was used for a previous Cyberman ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story, ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''. | The use of "Mrs. Moore" as an alias alludes to the fact that a [[pseudonym]], [[Paula Moore]], was used for a previous Cyberman ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story, ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
"Mrs. Moore" says she got the name from a book, this is most likely an allusion to E.M. Forester's <i>A Passage to India</i>. As a character, Mrs. Moore serves a double function in A Passage to India, operating on two different planes. She is initially a literal character, but as the novel progresses she becomes more a symbolic presence. On the literal level, Mrs. Moore is a good-hearted, religious, elderly woman with mystical leanings. The initial days of her visit to India are successful, as she connects with India and Indians on an intuitive level. Whereas Adela is overly cerebral, Mrs. Moore relies successfully on her heart to make connections during her visit. Furthermore, on the literal level, Mrs. Moore's character has human limitations: her experience at Marabar renders her apathetic and even somewhat mean, to the degree that she simply leaves India without bothering to testify to Aziz's innocence or to oversee Ronny and Adela's wedding. | |||
After her departure, however, Mrs. Moore exists largely on a symbolic level. Though she herself has human flaws, she comes to symbolize an ideally spiritual and race-blind openness that Forster sees as a solution to the problems in India. Mrs. Moore's name becomes closely associated with Hinduism, especially the Hindu tenet of the oneness and unity of all living things. This symbolic side to Mrs. Moore might even make her the heroine of the novel, the only English person able to closely connect with the Hindu vision of unity. | |||
[[Category:Pete's World individuals|Price, Angela]] | [[Category:Pete's World individuals|Price, Angela]] | ||
[[Category:Human rebels|Price, Angela]] | [[Category:Human rebels|Price, Angela]] | ||
[[Category:21st century individuals|Price, Angela]] | [[Category:21st century individuals|Price, Angela]] | ||