The Wreck of the Hesperus Felicia Hemans rather than to Longfellow). Additionally, in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film of "Anne of Green Gables", a character recites "The Wreck of the Hesperus" prior to Anne's rousing rendition of "The Highwayman". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is also mentioned in the 2017 Woody Allen film "Wonder Wheel". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is referenced in the comic song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, performed by Groucho Marx in the movie "At the Circus" (1939); by Virginia Weidler in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940); by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" (1991); by Kermit the
Fisher King manner. In "Parzival", the lance is "poisonous" which contrasts sharply with the general trend of healing Christian themes. This lance is plunged into the Fisher King's wound at different times to continue his pain, for having sought forbidden love. This lance is considered significant because it is most often associated directly with the wound of the Fisher King, which is demonstrated both in Chretien's and Eschenbach's versions of the tale. The more recent writings have the lance presented in the Fisher King's castle with Christian theology. More specifically, it is supposed to be the lance that pierced Jesus Christ while