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)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
destruction of chastity
I have also noticed that there seems to be an obsession with chastity. In particular, people with high status desire chastity in a woman (such as Castiza and Lord Antonio's wife), yet their actions driven by this desire in turn is a destruction of this purity. After this destruction to the woman's purity she is no longer wanted or desired. However, so far in The Revenger's Tragedy, the desire of "chastity" had began to cause some turmoil and chaos within the court. Perhaps Thomas Middleton (?) was trying to state that without chastity people/rulers are corrupt and unjust.
