hmmm still thinking about the four tempers. they're so obviously a reference the four temperaments (humor theory personality types) and it drives me crazy that it's three perfect fits (melancholic = woe, sanguine = frolic, choleric = malice) and then it's phlegmatic = dread?? is this just weird?? is it a point about fear making you apathetic? i just cant make it fit in my head
ALSO can we talk about their personifications in the painting/dance. the whole goat thing is still driving me crazy but i'd still say the malice figure is a baphoment. the jester as frolic is also fitting although i always find it unnerving. the first time i saw it i thought it might me malice for a second. really drives the point that frolic is not the same as happiness, it's the temporary and superficial cheeryness of a melon party. dread is an old woman, which again .. not sure what's going on here. impassiveness ages you. i guess. but what makes me especially crazy is woe as a bride!!!! auugh!! and i saw someone say the main characters each have a prominent temper with helly as malice, dylan as frolic, irving as dread and mark as woe!! the widower ... haunted by the photo of his wedding and everything ...