| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: To grapple with the house of Lancaster;
And, force perforce, I 'll make him yield the crown
Whose bookish rule hath pull'd fair England down.
[Exit.]
SCENE II. The Duke of Gloster's House.
[Enter DUKE HUMPHREY and his wife ELEANOR]
DUCHESS.
Why droops my lord, like over-ripen'd corn,
Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load?
Why doth the great Duke Humphrey knit his brows,
As frowning at the favours of the world?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: looked at them all with concealed bitterness and contempt.
"They haven't an idea what is really happening to me or to
themselves or to the South. They still think, in spite of
everything, that nothing really dreadful can happen to any of them
because they are who they are, O'Haras, Wilkeses, Hamiltons. Even
the darkies feel that way. Oh, they're all fools! They'll never
realize! They'll go right on thinking and living as they always
have, and nothing will change them. Melly can dress in rags and
pick cotton and even help me murder a man but it doesn't change
her. She's still the shy well-bred Mrs. Wilkes, the perfect lady!
And Ashley can see death and war and be wounded and lie in jail and
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: friends, including the two Lormeaus, Madame Lechaptois, the ladies
Rochefeuille, Messieurs de Houppeville and Bourais, called on her and
tendered their sympathy.
At first the separation proved very painful to her. But her daughter
wrote her three times a week and the other days she, herself, wrote to
Virginia. Then she walked in the garden, read a little, and in this
way managed to fill out the emptiness of the hours.
Each morning, out of habit, Felicite entered Virginia's room and gazed
at the walls. She missed combing her hair, lacing her shoes, tucking
her in her bed, and the bright face and little hand when they used to
go out for a walk. In order to occupy herself she tried to make lace.
A Simple Soul |
