1.
Old Poison-Ear,
in a bad spot, really ticked off.
“Remember me!” he said.
in a bad spot, really ticked off.
“Remember me!” he said.
Did Hamlet’s father shout or
scream
those final words to his son?
How do actors pronounce them?
those final words to his son?
How do actors pronounce them?
An actor can intone
“Remember me!” but no living human being
could shout or scream it.
“Remember me!” but no living human being
could shout or scream it.
2.
The dead woman in “Cold Blows
the Wind”
whose lover hangs around her grave
a twelfth month and a day.
whose lover hangs around her grave
a twelfth month and a day.
“All I want is a kiss from your
clay-
cold lips,”
he insists.
cold lips,”
he insists.
“My lips are much colder than
you think,” she says.
“The black hole of my heart
will rip the life from you.”
“The black hole of my heart
will rip the life from you.”
3.
Tiresias, whom Odysseus
consults about his future.
“Odysseus shalt return through spiteful Neptune,
lose all companions.”
lose all companions.”
