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The title {{w|Mordor#Ephel Duath|Cirith Ungol}} is a reference to ''Lord of the Rings'' where {{w|Frodo Baggins}} and {{w|Samwise Gamgee}} were led to Cirith Ungol by {{w|Gollum}} and to the lair of the ancient spider {{w|Shelob}}. | The title {{w|Mordor#Ephel Duath|Cirith Ungol}} is a reference to ''Lord of the Rings'' where {{w|Frodo Baggins}} and {{w|Samwise Gamgee}} were led to Cirith Ungol by {{w|Gollum}} and to the lair of the ancient spider {{w|Shelob}}. | ||
| − | And therefore in this comic, Frodo (by himself | + | And therefore in this comic, Frodo (by himself) is being led into the lair of the spider, Charlotte. We can tell by the "Some Pig" writing in the spider web on the lower right hand corner which is a direct reference to the story of ''Charlotte's Web'', in which a spider named Charlotte writes the very same text in her web. |
The title text refers to syntactic ambiguity which is a property of sentences which may be reasonably interpreted in more than one way, or reasonably interpreted to mean more than one thing. This allows us to derive two different meanings from the same sentence. | The title text refers to syntactic ambiguity which is a property of sentences which may be reasonably interpreted in more than one way, or reasonably interpreted to mean more than one thing. This allows us to derive two different meanings from the same sentence. | ||
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*Charlotte the spider saves Wilbur from slaughter. | *Charlotte the spider saves Wilbur from slaughter. | ||
*Charlotte the spider attempts to slaughter Wilbur, but he is saved. | *Charlotte the spider attempts to slaughter Wilbur, but he is saved. | ||
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| + | This quote was modified the same day the comic appeared [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%27s_Web&diff=prev&oldid=504372545]. It could be found on [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%27s_Web_%28book%29&type=revision&diff=2121121&oldid=2039481 Wikiquote] until 27 April 2016. | ||
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| + | A similar ambiguity explicitly discussed in the title text of [[1004: Batman]]. | ||
== Transcript == | == Transcript == | ||
| − | :[A character in a long flowing robe holds up the Phial of Galadriel in one hand | + | :[A character in a long flowing robe holds up the [https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Phial_of_Galadriel Phial of Galadriel] in one hand, the [https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/One_Ring One Ring] is dangling from a necklace in the other. The scene is a cave, profuse with spiderwebs, bones hanging in some of them. On one of the webs are words, presumably written by the spider.] |
:SOME PIG | :SOME PIG | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | *This comic caused a minor edit war on Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%27s_Web&diff=504553453&oldid=504551496 Charlotte's Web] article | + | *This comic caused a minor edit war on Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte%27s_Web&diff=504553453&oldid=504551496 Charlotte's Web] article. |
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{{Comic discussion}} | {{Comic discussion}} | ||
