| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: thought any such matter; God is my witness, I am
falsely accused by the villain.
PETER.
By these ten bones, my lords, he did speak them to
me in the garret one night, as we were scouring my Lord of
York's armour.
YORK.
Base dunghill villain and mechanical,
I'll have thy head for this thy traitor's speech.--
I do beseech your royal majesty,
Let him have all the rigour of the law.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: an offer of marriage."
"Already!" And the young man gave a whistle. "'Time is money!'
Is that what you say in America? And Madame de Cintre?" he added,
with an interrogative inflection.
"She did not accept my offer."
"She couldn't, you know, in that way."
"But I'm to see her again," said Newman.
"Oh, the strangeness of woman!" exclaimed Bellegarde. Then he stopped,
and held Newman off at arms'-length. "I look at you with respect!"
he exclaimed. "You have achieved what we call a personal success!
Immediately, now, I must present you to my brother."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: The wind was so strong that I had to hold my hat on, and the girls'
skirts were blown out before them. Antonia seemed to like it;
she held her little sister by the hand and chattered away in that
language which seemed to me spoken so much more rapidly than mine.
She looked at me, her eyes fairly blazing with things she could not say.
`Name? What name?' she asked, touching me on the shoulder.
I told her my name, and she repeated it after me and made Yulka say it.
She pointed into the gold cottonwood tree behind whose top we stood
and said again, `What name?'
We sat down and made a nest in the long red grass.
Yulka curled up like a baby rabbit and played with a grasshopper.
My Antonia |
