Дюна
Afterword by Brian Herbert
senatorialandcongressionalcandidates.Inthatdecade,healsojourneyedtwicetoMexicowithhisfamily,wherehestudieddesertconditionsandcropcycles,andwassubjectedunwittinglytotheeffectsofahallucinogenicdrug.Allofthoseexperiences,andagreatdealfromhischildhood,foundtheirwayontothepagesofDune.ThenovelbecameascomplexandmultilayeredasFrankHerberthimself.
AsIsaidinDreamerofDune,thecharactersinDunefitmythologicalarchetypes.Paulistheheroprinceonaquestwhowedsthedaughterofa“king”
(hemarriesPrincessIrulan,whosefatheristheEmperorShaddamCorrinoIV).
ReverendMotherGaiusHelenMohiamisawitchmotherarchetype,whilePaul’ssisterAliaisavirginwitch,andPardotKynesisthewiseoldmanofDunemythology.BeastRabbanHarkonnen,thoughevilandaggressive,isessentiallyafool.
Forthenamesofheroes,FrankHerbertselectedfromGreekmythologyandothermythologicalbases.TheGreekHouseAtreus,uponwhichHouseAtreidesinDunewasbased,wastheill-fatedfamilyofkingsMenelausandAgamemnon.
Aheroicfamily,itwasbesetbytragicflawsandburdenedwithacursepronouncedagainstitbyThyestes.ThisforeshadowsthetroublesFrankHerberthadinmindfortheAtreidesfamily.TheevilHarkonnensofDunearerelatedtotheAtreidesbyblood,sowhentheyassassinatePaul’sfatherDukeLeto,itiskinsmenagainstkinsmen,similartowhatoccurredinthehouseholdof
AgamemnonwhenhewasmurderedbyhiswifeClytemnestra.
