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The helplessness of Lucia in this fantasy, and the idea of "Bacchus ravisht by his tree," may make us uneasy on feminist grounds; but the corrective reality of the last line--the physical fact of the helpless erection--corrects and undermines the imagination's unreal fantasy of domination.
It is a myth that persistent feelings of helplessness and hopelessness are inevitable and permanent consequences of advanced life-threatening illness [ 33 ] . Most patients with a serious illness experience periods of intense situational sadness and anxiety accompanied by depressive symptoms.
In the New York Times Book Review , Susan Cheever says "the book brilliantly, heartbreakingly" lays out Harrison's helplessness.
Indeed, he has evolved into a "very fine person," according to his ex-wife--humbled by years of psychotic helplessness, buoyed up by the intellectual world's highest accolade.
As a writer and director, he has been less preoccupied with gags than with the fear and helplessness out of which they spring.