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Shoe symbolism

posted 13 years ago by MaryLouStalin
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I was trying to recall what the 'man with one shoe' traditionally meant, and I remembered that in the Masonic initiation ceremony the neophyte wears one sign, basically as a sign that he can be trusted. Does that mean that when JS wears one shoe at the end, he's finally grown up?

There's also some Freudian stuff about the shoe symbolising the vagina, which would fit with his 'sex education' scene.

Not sure where I'm going with this; just wondered if that chimed with anyone else?

[–] johnf_sf 11 years ago

keep reaching, you aren't even close

[–] MaryLouStalin 11 years ago

What was your take on it?

[–] tigerbos 10 years ago

Obviously you don't know or you would have given your take on the symbolic nature of the shoes in the story.

RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman 1967-2014... a tremendously great and talented actor.