| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: unearthly colours), he was frequently supposed by the more ignorant
and uninformed among the neighbours, to be the veritable portrait
of the host as he appeared on the occasion of some great funeral
ceremony or public mourning.
'What noisy fellow is that in the next room?' said Joe, when he had
disposed of his breakfast, and had washed and brushed himself.
'A recruiting serjeant,' replied the Lion.
Joe started involuntarily. Here was the very thing he had been
dreaming of, all the way along.
'And I wish,' said the Lion, 'he was anywhere else but here. The
party make noise enough, but don't call for much. There's great
Barnaby Rudge |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: Then one has to become whatever one can. As for me, I had my
little Cosette, and I was actually forced to become a bad woman.
Now you understand how it is that that blackguard of a mayor caused
all the mischief. After that I stamped on that gentleman's hat
in front of the officers' cafe; but he had spoiled my whole dress
with snow. We women have but one silk dress for evening wear.
You see that I did not do wrong deliberately--truly, Monsieur Javert;
and everywhere I behold women who are far more wicked than I,
and who are much happier. O Monsieur Javert! it was you who gave
orders that I am to be set free, was it not? Make inquiries,
speak to my landlord; I am paying my rent now; they will tell
Les Miserables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles: By thee misjudged, but justified by these.
[Exeunt CREON]
CHORUS
(Ant. 1)
Lady, lead indoors thy consort; wherefore longer here delay?
JOCASTA
Tell me first how rose the fray.
CHORUS
Rumors bred unjust suspicious and injustice rankles sore.
JOCASTA
Were both at fault?
Oedipus Trilogy |
