rwcarter
Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus kill King Agamemnon in his bath. Each holds a sword that pierces the King’s heart while a third sword stands upright with its point in the King’s heart. Brooding skies can be seen in the background.
Overview
Keyword/phrase that I came up with in my workbook on 14Mar92 was "open conflict".
Rodney
Overview
- the strife or conflict of the Two has erupted and come out into the open
- heartbreak or separation has revealed itself as an initial completion
- a release of energy in the form of movement from stagnation and tension
- whatever has happened is necessary in order to reach the eventual creative end
- something set in motion in the past comes to fruition in the present
- how the consequences of human choice(s) work themselves out over time, sooner or later resulting in heartbreak or conflict
- relief because since the poison has been released, there is now a possibility for healing in the future
- buried resentments that burst through at last
- a creative, if unpleasant, step that makes an ultimate resolution possible
- sorrow that’s accompanied by the recognition that things have to be that way
- a sense of vision and understanding that makes the pain easier to bear
- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- action and reaction
- Metaphors/Proverbs:
- “curses, like chickens, come home to roost” means that people who do wrong ultimately have to suffer the consequences of their deeds
- “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword” means that those who engage in aggression or violence will meet their death in a similar way
Keyword/phrase that I came up with in my workbook on 14Mar92 was "open conflict".
Rodney