Conversation Piece - Monday, December 8, 2008
"Oh, come not near me, sir; I shall defile you.
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Foreshadowing
Act III is largely focused on Hieronimo's struggle and his transformation, but I also noticed that other significant characters will take on some form of a "monster," if they haven't already. Hieronimo knows that Lorenzo murdered his son, and Lorenzo senses Hieronimo's suspicion; Bel-imperia is furious with her brother for murdering Horatio; and Isabella is being driven insane by the loss of her son. All of these factors foreshadow an inevitable tragedy. Death and deception have triggered a thirst for revenge and jumpstarted a vicious circle controlled by greed, hate, and jealousy.
