hey girl. did you know that. uhhhhhhh. a fundamental principle, often overlooked, is that the double and the monster are one and the same being. the myth, of course, emphasizes only one aspect (usually the monstrous aspect) in order to minimize the other. there is no monster who does not tend to duplicate himself or to ‘marry’ another monster, no double who does not yield a monstrous aspect upon close scrutiny. the duality claims precedence—without, however, eliminating the monstrous; and in the duality of the monster the true structure of the experience is put in relief. the nature of the relationship between monster and double, stubbornly denied by the antagonists, is ultimately imposed on them in the course of the shifting of differences—but it is imposed in the form of a hallucination. the unity and reciprocity that the enemy brothers have rejected in the benign form of brotherly love finally impose themselves, both from without and within, in the form of monstrous duality—the most disquieting and grotesque form imaginable. btw. if you even care
