CATEGORY: MOVIES
Note the similarity of the name Selwyn to the word sylvan. According to Wikipedia, Sylvan, Silvan or Sylvian refers to an association with the woods. Specifically, that which inhabits the wood, is made of tree materials, or comprises the forest itself. The term can also refer to a person who resides in the woods or a spirit of the wood. In mythology, the term also refers to deities or spirits of the woods.
The term in English is from the Latin silva meaning "forest, woods." This root is found in place names in Canada such as Sylvan Lake (as in wooded lake) in Alberta, Sylvan Valley Regional Park Reserve in Saskatchewan, and in the U.S.A. like Pennsylvania (lit. "Penn's woods") and Spotsylvania. The first names Sylvester and Sylva(i)n, and the female name Sylvia/Silvia, are also from the Latin word.[4] Recall that Diane mentions at the dinner party that she'd previously auditioned for a role in a movie called The Sylvia North Story (but that Camilla had gotten the role). Also recall that Betty's last name is Elms; an elm is a kind of tree.
Perhaps what's being suggested is that Diane/Betty is some kind of metaphorical 'spirit of the wood'. Also, maybe The Sylvia North Story is in some sense, Diane's story, where 'Sylvia (from the) North' = 'Selwyn from Canada'.
Monday, October 17, 2011
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1) In certain instances I have determined that the creators of some of the productions analyzed on this blog, and/or the creators of source
material(s) used in the making of these productions, may be making negative statements about certain segments of society. These statements should not be taken as expressing my own personal opinions.
2) I am not now, nor have I ever been, associated in any manner personal or professional with any of the studios, creators, authors, publishers, directors, actors, musicians, writers, editors, crew, staff, agents, or any other persons or entities involved at any stage in the making of any of the media productions or source materials that are analyzed, mentioned, or referenced on this blog.
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All original material on this blog © 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 blog author
All borrowed images on cananalyze.blogpsot.com are readily available in various places on the Internet and believed to be in public domain. Images posted are believed to be posted within my rights according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations - from Wikisource (except where otherwise noted); portions from Wikisource used on this blog are released
under CC-BY-SA.
Saint Augustine's Confessions, City of God, and On the Trinity - all from Wikisource (except where otherwise noted); portions from Wikisource used on this blog are released under CC-BY-SA.
Saint Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica and Saint Anselm's Monologion from the Logos Virtual Library, compiled and edited by Darren L. Slider; believed to be in public domain
Emanuel Swedenborg's works from The Internet Sacred Text Archive (except where otherwise noted); believed to be in public domain
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