
@JoyceCarolOates One is reminded irresistibly of Lucifer in Paradise Lost, a figure who carries his own hell within him. Being himself is punishment enough. https://t.co/4i5JnjbvFI
@JoyceCarolOates One is reminded irresistibly of Lucifer in Paradise Lost, a figure who carries his own hell within him. Being himself is punishment enough. https://t.co/4i5JnjbvFI


The self-made hell was an interesting construct. Nobody escaped making one, at least one, in a lifetime. Some lives were nothing but. It was a tautology that self-inflicted misery was an extension of character.