Chapterhouse: Dune

How does Chapterhouse: Dune build on themes or motifs present throughout the broader Dune series, such as legacy and morally gray characters? Are any of those literary devices resolved in this installment?

How are the Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres positioned as foils to one another? What specific traits—physical and metaphorical—does Herbert create to distinguish them?

The Great Honored Matre, Dama, is presented most often in chapters wherein she speaks with Reverend Mothers. They discuss ideologies and goals. What is the purpose of this narrative technique? Why not simply depict her as a distant villain who intends to eradicate the Sisterhood? Does this help to humanize Dama? Does it help to humanize the Sisterhood?