My entry for EVE Tournament 4, round 2. ballpoint pen on watercolour paper. Melpomene was the Greek muse of tragedy, identified by teh tragic mask and the 'crown' of cypress. According to Aristotle, tragic characters had a hamartia (fatal flaw) which resulted in their downfall, hers is Pride (Superbia). The cloak is a reference to Blake's Marriage of Heaven & Hell, in particular, one of the Proverbs of Hell, which states that Shame is pride's cloak. The word written on her cloak, 'Dedecus' is Latin for 'Shame'. :)
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