Awsome, Mysterious Ending

I really enjoyed the ending of this novel! Somethings confused me a little bit though. What actually happen to her father? Did he just become old and senile? I really thought that she should have killed him. He deserved to die a slow, horrible death. I expected Ash to jump up and bite him in the jugular or just tare him to pieces. I really liked how the ending really made this more of a sci-fi book to me. The Moon women visiting her was definately a fantasy scene in the book but it could be interpreted as just a dream. The dress and Ash's hair growing long was not too big of a deal to me. In the end though, she became a glowing, supernatural being. The blood really freaked me out and I was not completely sure of the meaning behind the blood that came out of her palm. When the blood flowed between her legs it made sense for obviouse reasons. It represented her loss of her virginity. Which reminds me it bothered me how out of no where the author goes into how in the future it is some kind of oracle because it took me away from what was going on in the present. I was also confused as to why she became two seperate people. The more beautiful one was the one that disapeared. I thought maybe she represented Lissar's anguish and shame for what had happened to her and she disapeared so Lissar could move on. Why was she the more beautiful figure though? I love this whole part of the book but there are so many things I am confused about and are very mysterious. I will definately have to read it again and try to make more sense of it. Hopefully in class today we will go over this a bit, but I know there will also be a lot of questions about " Laugh of the Medusa."