| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: twice to try and do it better? What? They had no pro-
fessional reputation--no examples, no praise. It wasn't
a sense of duty; they all knew well enough how to shirk,
and laze, and dodge--when they had a mind to it--and
mostly they had. Was it the two pounds ten a month
that sent them there? They didn't think their pay half
good enough. No; it was something in them, something
inborn and subtle and everlasting. I don't say posi-
tively that the crew of a French or German merchant-
man wouldn't have done it, but I doubt whether it would
have been done in the same way. There was a complete-
Youth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: mother.
But she looked down upon the customs of Pont-l'Eveque, put on airs,
and hurt Felicite's feelings. Madame Aubain felt relieved when she
left.
The following week they learned of Monsieur Bourais' death in an inn.
There were rumours of suicide, which were confirmed; doubts concerning
his integrity arose. Madame Aubain looked over her accounts and soon
discovered his numerous embezzlements; sales of wood which had been
concealed from her, false receipts, etc. Furthermore, he had an
illegitimate child, and entertained a friendship for "a person in
Dozule."
A Simple Soul |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: arrive. Je savais bien que la lune cherchait un mort, mais je ne
savais pas que c'etait lui qu'elle cherchait. Ah! pourquoi ne l'ai-
je pas cache de la lune? Si je l'avais cache dans une caverne elle
ne l'aurait pas vu.
LE PREMIER SOLDAT. Princesse, le jeune capitaine vient de se tuer.
SALOME. Laisse-moi baiser ta bouche, Iokanaan.
IOKANAAN. N'avez-vous pas peur, fille d'Herodias? Ne vous ai-je
pas dit que j'avais entendu dans le palais le battement des ailes de
l'ange de la mort, et l'ange n'est-il pas venu?
SALOME. Laisse-moi baiser ta bouche.
IOKANAAN. Fille d'adultere, il n'y a qu'un homme qui puisse te
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