| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: I dare be sworne, I thinke that he is honest
Oth. I thinke so too
Iago. Men should be what they seeme,
Or those that be not, would they might seeme none
Oth. Certaine, men should be what they seeme
Iago. Why then I thinke Cassio's an honest man
Oth. Nay, yet there's more in this?
I prythee speake to me, as to thy thinkings,
As thou dost ruminate, and giue thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words
Iago. Good my Lord pardon me,
Othello |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: his bed, unlocked the door, and promptly returned again.
It was the first time that Eugene had been in Father Goriot's
room, and he could not control his feeling of amazement at the
contrast between the den in which the father lived and the
costume of the daughter whom he had just beheld. The window was
curtainless, the walls were damp, in places the varnished wall-
paper had come away and gave glimpses of the grimy yellow plaster
beneath. The wretched bed on which the old man lay boasted but
one thin blanket, and a wadded quilt made out of large pieces of
Mme. Vauquer's old dresses. The floor was damp and gritty.
Opposite the window stood a chest of drawers made of rosewood,
Father Goriot |
