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This video explores the psychological parallels between Unforgiven and The Tomb of Ligeia, examining how widowers William Munny and Verden Fell navigate the pathology of love.
By contrasting Munny’s useful fiction of his dead wife with Fell’s unyielding refusal to let go, the analysis exposes a cultural double standard in how grief is judged and forgiven.

0:00: The Widower's Dilemma
0:47: Munny's Convenient Grief
3:21: Fell's Coherent Will
6:19: The Verdict Inverted
10:17: Outro

The Spire, a companion Substack, is POSTPONED until January 18. Quality over quantity.

The publication will include written essays adapted from the first three videos, as well as an essay tied to the video releasing on the 18th.

Sources & Further Reading:
Unforgiven (1992) dir. Clint Eastwood

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) dir. Roger Corman, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Ligeia"

Pew Research Center (Aug 2023): Many Americans report interacting with dead relatives in dreams or other ways
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-rea...