| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf: to be a fool if she wants to, and--Do you find me on the whole
satisfactory in other respects?" he asked shyly.
"Yes, I like what I know of you," Helen replied.
"But then--one knows so little."
"We shall live in London," he continued, "and--" With one voice
they suddenly enquired whether she did not think them the happiest
people that she had ever known.
"Hush," she checked them, "Mrs. Flushing, remember. She's behind us."
Then they fell silent, and Terence and Rachel felt instinctively
that their happiness had made her sad, and, while they were anxious
to go on talking about themselves, they did not like to.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: Lear. Pass.
Glou. I know that voice.
Lear. Ha! Goneril with a white beard? They flatter'd me like a
dog,
and told me I had white hairs in my beard ere the black ones
were there. To say 'ay' and 'no' to everything I said! 'Ay'
and
'no' too was no good divinity. When the rain came to wet me
once, and the wind to make me chatter; when the thunder
would
not peace at my bidding; there I found 'em, there I smelt
King Lear |
