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Tango Singer
Red
The color red symbolizes Geryon’s identity and the role creativity plays in constructing identity. In the introductory essay that precedes the main story, Carson (the author) writes that adjectives “are the latches of being,”…
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Wings
Geryon’s red wings symbolize his alienation and the freedom and self-affirmation he ultimately achieves through shared intimacy. Geryon is a red-winged monster growing up among normal humans, and he feels ashamed of his monstrosity…
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Volcano
Volcanoes symbolize the ambiguity between the “inside” world and the “outside” world, and Geryon’s struggle to navigate this liminal space. One of Geryon’s central struggles throughout the novel is how to express his inner…
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