Der fliegende Holländer - InstantEncore
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Compared to Richard Ramirez, also<br />
known as the Night Stalker, the flying<br />
Dutchman is a gent. He is neither a<br />
Satanist nor a junkie, he hasn’t raped,<br />
tortured or killed anyone, and, what is<br />
more, he’s wealthy. Senta imagines she<br />
can save the man she loves. Instead<br />
they are united in death. Doreen Lioy has<br />
been quoted as saying that when Ramirez<br />
is executed she will commit suicide.<br />
Far-fetched though Wagner’s tale may<br />
seem, its roots are sunk deep in the<br />
collective psyche.<br />
© Germaine Greer 2008<br />
Germaine Greer’s latest book, Shakespeare’s Wife,<br />
is out now in paperback published by Bloomsbury.<br />
Why would a Norwegian<br />
fisherman’s daughter fall wildly<br />
in love with a man she has never<br />
met and follow him though death<br />
should bar the way?<br />
Essay 17<br />
LLO Dutchman_aw.indd 17 18/11/08 15:09:21