Look Homeward, Angel · Chapter
Epigraph explained
The epigraph quotes Tarr and McMurry's description of the earth's primordial state as a white-hot sphere, evoking themes of cosmic origins and transformation.
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The epigraph quotes Tarr and McMurry's description of the earth's primordial state as a white-hot sphere, evoking themes of cosmic origins and transformation.
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Gant, having emerged from his "charnel-house of death," witnesses Eugene's triumph and feels his heart "lifted…
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“At one time the earth was probably a white-hot sphere like the sun.”
The earth was once a molten, glowing mass similar to the sun.
Opening epigraph from Tarr and McMurry, setting a tone of primordial change.
