Book : King Lear

William Shakespeare (Apr 26, 1564 - Apr 23, 1616)

말은 누구에게 다르게 해석될 수 있다. 진심의 말도, 진실도 어느 순간 어떻게 표현되느냐에 따라서 다른의미 또는 오해를 불러 일으킬 수 있다. 그러나 우리는 시간이 흐른 후에야 무엇이 진심이 었는지를 알게 된다. 어리석은 인간의 오해와 나약함을...

아픔을 이해하는 것은 쉬운 일은 아니다 그러나 그런 것들을 통해서 단단해진다고 해야 할까...  

"CORDELIA 

[Aside] Then poor Cordelia!

And yet not so; since, I am sure, my love's

More richer than my tongue.

KING LEAR 

To thee and thine hereditary ever

Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom;

No less in space, validity, and pleasure,

Than that conferr'd on Goneril. Now, our joy,

Although the last, not least; to whose young love

The vines of France and milk of Burgundy

Strive to be interess'd; what can you say to draw

A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.

CORDELIA 

Nothing, my lord.

KING LEAR 

Nothing!

CORDELIA 

Nothing.

KING LEAR 

Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.

CORDELIA 

Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave

My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty

According to my bond; nor more nor less."

"Fool 

This is a brave night to cool a courtezan.

I'll speak a prophecy ere I go:

When priests are more in word than matter;

When brewers mar their malt with water;

When nobles are their tailors' tutors;

No heretics burn'd, but wenches' suitors;

When every case in law is right;

No squire in debt, nor no poor knight;

When slanders do not live in tongues;

Nor cutpurses come not to throngs;

When usurers tell their gold i' the field;

And bawds and whores do churches build;

Then shall the realm of Albion

Come to great confusion:

Then comes the time, who lives to see't,

That going shall be used with feet.

This prophecy Merlin shall make; for I live before his time."

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 

If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:25-29)