I was reading a book for one of my collage courses when I came across a name. It was mentioned only once, but it struck me that this could be where Lucrecia's name came from. True, it was spelled Lucretia, but I decided to do a little research, and this is what I came up with.
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| Lucretia is the legendary heroine of ancient Rome who is the quintessential virtuous wife. She was the beautiful wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Sextus Tarquinius (often known as just Tarquin), the son of the tyrant Etruscan king of Rome, raped her, and she committed suicide because of her perceived shame, but only after she exacted an oath of vengeance against the Tarquin family from her father and husband. The enraged populace rebelled against the Tarquins and drove them out in 509 B.C.E. and this event marks the beginning of the Roman Republic. |
The meaning of Lucretia (or Lucrecia) is unknown, but since it is similar to the Latin word, lucrum meaning profit, gain, advantage, the name has been thought to mean wealth or riches.
I don't know if this is truly the origin of Lucrecia's name, but there are eerie similarities to her character. Lucrecia wasn't exactly raped (to the best of our knowledge anyway) but she didn't exactly want to be with Hojo out of love, and he certainly didn't treat her well. It's also unknown exactly how she died, but sucide was certainly an option, giving how ashamed Lucrecia was over all the mistakes she had made, particularly those concerning Vincent, her true love. (At least, in my opinion :) ) And Lucrecia does make an oath to make things right.
*shrug* I just thought this was all interesting and wanted to share, so feel free to add to it if you know more or whatever.
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't she sacrifice herself in the Fountain of Choas? I don't remember her last words and hearing her make an oath. But in the end, through Shelke she made things right. I found that quote very interesting. Hojo suduced Lucrecia into having Sephiroth. In the cut scene before the Soild Caith mission you see Lucrecia falling on her knees having a quick glimpse of her child and what he would do to the people and the Planet.
I'm not sure if she sacrifices herself. Its never made exactly clear in the game, IMO. I felt she either comitted suicide (or sacrificed herself) or that she died from complications of her birth/the Jenova cells inside her.
But yes, I found the similarities very interesting. Lucrecia's making things right though Shelke definately matches up with the whole oath thing for vengence.
What do you mean Lucrecia had Jenova cells in her? I never saw any thing about Lucrecia having Jenova cells in her body when she gave birth to Sephiroth. If Lucrecia had Jenova cells within her, she possibly passed some of them to Sephiroth. I believe that Hojo injected Jenova cells in Sephiroth when he was 10 to 13 years old. If Lucrecia had Jenova cells in her how would they kill her? During Hojo's conversation w/ Vincent in Mako Reactor 0, he said that when he injected Jenova cells in himself they tried to take over his body.
I stand corrected, Lucrecia had Jenova cells in her, Because she said the Jenova within her would not let her die eventhough she wanted to.
*nods* I think that Sephy was actually born with the Jenova cells inside of him, with Lucrecia having been injected with them before his birth and so she passed them onto him. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly positive that was what happened.