| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles: The load of guilt that none but I can share.
[Enter CREON.]
CREON
Lo, here is Creon, the one man to grant
Thy prayer by action or advice, for he
Is left the State's sole guardian in thy stead.
OEDIPUS
Ah me! what words to accost him can I find?
What cause has he to trust me? In the past
I have bee proved his rancorous enemy.
CREON
Oedipus Trilogy |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: and maybe Keyhole."
"Better not, Miss. Not in October, when there's likely to
be a snowstorm up there in a minute's notice."
"You'd come and find me, wouldn't you? They always do, in
the books."
"Books are all very well, Miss. But I'm not a mountain man.
The truth is I don't know my way fifty feet from this cabin.
I got the job because I'm used to loneliness, and don't mind
it, and because I can cook, d'you see, having shipped as
cook for years. But I'm a seafaring man, Miss. I wouldn't
advise it, Miss. Another cup of tea?"
Fanny Herself |
