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
Obsession of Chastity
Chastity seems to be the main concern of the rape of Antonio's wife and the planned rape of Castiza. Yes, these acts are awful and inhuman, but everyone is discussing how chaste these women are and were. When mourning and discussing his wife's rape, Antonio and Hippolito were consumed with how chaste she was, and how she would have rather died in virtue than live in shame. They also made it a point to express how she had made her name as an empress by being "compact" and how dignifying that was. The same goes for Lussurioso. I think he has a small obsession with Castiza because she is pure. He wants to strip her of her virginity; not after he marries her, but in an unlawful manner and against her free will.
