6/2/2023 0 Comments Ellison repent harlequin![]() ![]() ![]() The Harlequin is in many ways the opposite of the Ticktockman, and serves as a challenge to his dominion over society. Because of this, the Harlequin is the nemesis of the Ticktockman, who is in charge of regulating time and punishing the infractions of citizens. For the Harlequin, his acts of resistance are both absurd and deeply serious he is at once a tongue-in-cheek joker and a determined rebel. While the Harlequin doesn’t cause anyone any overt harm to anyone, he plunges the day-to-day operations of the world into chaos, encourages rebellion, and poses a threat to the established order. As part of his assumed identity, the Harlequin dresses in a jester’s motley, both in order to disguise his real identity and so that his acts of disruption are easily identifiable. ![]() The Harlequin is dating Pretty Alice, who is frustrated with his idiosyncratic character and his inability to act normally or to be on time. Perpetually late, and therefore a misfit in his highly regimented society, the Harlequin engages in acts of minor domestic terror in order to disrupt the system and express his individuality. ![]()
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