| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Pericles by William Shakespeare: Your grace is welcome to our town and us.
PERICLES.
Which welcome we'll accept; feast here awhile,
Until our stars that frown lend us a smile.
[Exeunt.]
ACT II.
[Enter Gower.]
GOWER.
Mere have you seen a mighty king
His child, I wis, to incest bring;
A better prince and benign lord,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: be called at present, but it is not my real name, and when I hear
it, it sounds strange to me."
"Your real name you will not give?"
"No: I fear discovery above all things; and whatever disclosure
would lead to it, I avoid."
"You are quite right, I am sure," said Diana. "Now do, brother, let
her be at peace a while."
But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as
imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever.
"You would not like to be long dependent on our hospitality--you
would wish, I see, to dispense as soon as may be with my sisters'
Jane Eyre |
