| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the bloody conflict.
The moment I entered the room I saw that some one
had been there since I had left. A silk lay upon the floor.
It had not been there before. There were also a dagger and
several metal ornaments strewn about as though torn from
their wearer in a struggle. But worst of all, the door
leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar.
With a bound I was before it, and, thrusting it open,
rushed within. Dejah Thoris had vanished. I called her name
aloud again and again, but there was no response. I think
in that instant I hovered upon the verge of insanity. I do not
The Gods of Mars |
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: 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'
compassion, and, above all, with my CHARITY (I am quite sensible of
the distinction drawn, nor do I resent it--it is just): you desire
to be independent of us?"
"I do: I have already said so. Show me how to work, or how to seek
work: that is all I now ask; then let me go, if it be but to the
meanest cottage; but till then, allow me to stay here: I dread
another essay of the horrors of homeless destitution."
"Indeed you SHALL stay here," said Diana, putting her white hand on
Jane Eyre |
