| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by George Bernard Shaw: of gods, and his consort Fricka lie sleeping. Wotan, you will
observe, has lost one eye; and you will presently learn that he
plucked it out voluntarily as the price to be paid for his
alliance with Fricka, who in return has brought to him as her
dowry all the powers of Law. The meadow is on the brink of a
ravine, beyond which, towering on distant heights, stands
Godhome, a mighty castle, newly built as a house of state for the
one-eyed god and his all-ruling wife. Wotan has not yet seen this
castle except in his dreams: two giants have just built it for
him whilst he slept; and the reality is before him for the first
time when Fricka wakes him. In that majestic burg he is to rule
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: Des. I will so: What's the matter?
Oth. That Handkerchiefe
Which I so lou'd, and gaue thee, thou gau'st to Cassio
Des. No by my Life, and Soule: send for the man,
And aske him
Oth. Sweet Soule, take heed, take heed of Periury,
Thou art on thy death-bed
Des. I, but not yet to dye
Oth. Presently.
Therefore confesse thee freely of thy sinne:
For to deny each Article with Oath,
Othello |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: chud
ha' bin zwagger'd out of my life, 'twould not ha' bin zo
long as
'tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not near th' old man. Keep
out,
che vore ye, or Ise try whether your costard or my ballow be
the
harder. Chill be plain with you.
Osw. Out, dunghill!
They fight.
Edg. Chill pick your teeth, zir. Come! No matter vor your
King Lear |
