Originally posted by JenniferJF
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I agree that Grace is Sam's simple and direct subconscious. I also think part of why Grace is a small child is because Sam has to lose all the preconceptions and adult 'roles' which aren't natural (this is the Grace as Sam's inner child concept).
I also think each of the 'guys' is simple because each of them (with the exception of Jacob) is one aspect of who Sam is - a role she assumes which isn't the true core of who she is. (Daniel = scientist, Teal'c = soldier, Jack = personal life) with Jacob being another representation of Grace - Sam's subconscious, but the more executive function of it. So I think Grace actually represents a lot of things (which is the beauty of analogy): Grace as an adjective (technically a noun) refers to the person Sam can be if she throws off the roles as separate functions and accepts who she really *is* (elegance and beauty of movement, form, expression, or proportion) , Grace as a child representing the personal life Sam feels she is giving up with all these other roles (this is the Grace as Sam's child idea), and Grace as salvation from the path of destruction of true self she is on in not embracing all of whom she is.
Because, IMHO of course, ultimately the "I'm Grace" means she is, really, a special opportunity and chance, a Grace: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification (from Mirriam Webster) for Sam to save herself from destruction.
What's really interesting, IMHO, about the idea of Grace as salvation (which is the oldest and archaic form used in such expressions as 'grace period') is that there's a brilliant double meaning in the episode, because Sam is granted grace not simply physically - a period of time in which she is safe and alone to work out her physical salvation - but emotionally as well - a period of time in which to get in touch with her subconscious in order to work out her psychological salvation. And tragically, where she succeeds in the former she fails (initially) at the latter. Because Grace not only leads her to the solution for her physical crisis but, ultimately, her emotional one as well.
I also think each of the 'guys' is simple because each of them (with the exception of Jacob) is one aspect of who Sam is - a role she assumes which isn't the true core of who she is. (Daniel = scientist, Teal'c = soldier, Jack = personal life) with Jacob being another representation of Grace - Sam's subconscious, but the more executive function of it. So I think Grace actually represents a lot of things (which is the beauty of analogy): Grace as an adjective (technically a noun) refers to the person Sam can be if she throws off the roles as separate functions and accepts who she really *is* (elegance and beauty of movement, form, expression, or proportion) , Grace as a child representing the personal life Sam feels she is giving up with all these other roles (this is the Grace as Sam's child idea), and Grace as salvation from the path of destruction of true self she is on in not embracing all of whom she is.
Because, IMHO of course, ultimately the "I'm Grace" means she is, really, a special opportunity and chance, a Grace: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification (from Mirriam Webster) for Sam to save herself from destruction.
What's really interesting, IMHO, about the idea of Grace as salvation (which is the oldest and archaic form used in such expressions as 'grace period') is that there's a brilliant double meaning in the episode, because Sam is granted grace not simply physically - a period of time in which she is safe and alone to work out her physical salvation - but emotionally as well - a period of time in which to get in touch with her subconscious in order to work out her psychological salvation. And tragically, where she succeeds in the former she fails (initially) at the latter. Because Grace not only leads her to the solution for her physical crisis but, ultimately, her emotional one as well.
He says it in the episode - O'NEILL: Go save your ass. But he has said it in word and action for 7 years.
very interesting. I've never thought about it this way.
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