ransom Flashcards
ransom: as a father…
as a father, and as one poor mortal to another
ransom: The man is a fighter…
The man is a fighter, but when he is not fighting… earth is his element.
ransom: He had grieved…
He had grieved. But silently
ransom: Neoptolemus…
Neoptolemus… has been growing up without him.
ransom: And the world…
And the world, for Achilles, reassembled itself around a new centre.
ransom: This man…
This man who was half himself
ransom: Himself like a dead man…
Himself like a dead man. Feeling nothing.
ransom: They could not…
They could not imagine what he was up to.
ransom: Still he…
Still he felt nothing.
ransom: He was waiting for…
He was waiting for the rage to fill him
ransom: He has long since…
He has long since won their [his mens] love.
ransom: Their only explanation…
Their only explanation is that he is mad.
ransom: The men obey…
The men obey, but they… cannot bear to meet his eye.
ransom: The grief that racks him is not only…
The grief that racks him is not only for his son hector. It is also for a kingdom ravaged
ransom: Burnt… [troy description]
Burnt-out shell – troy
ransom: He is obliged, in his role as king…
He is obliged, in his role as king, to think of the kings sacred body
ransom: A body like any other…
A body like any other and an abstract of the lands he represents, their living map.
ransom: Both actual and…
Both actual and symbolic in the same breath
ransom: He remembers nothing…
He remembers nothing of a dagger
ransom:Priam, the price…
Priam, the price paid
ransom: Outwardly…
Outwardly respectful
ransom: From now on your name…
From now on your name is Idaeus.
ransom: obedient…
obedient toddler
ransom: They found the royal feet…
They found the royal feet every bit as disappointing and without interest as the drivers.
ransom: He was symbolically…
He was symbolically at the centre
ransom: Royal dignity…
Royal dignity demanded
ransom: Part of a world ceremony… that was eternal and…
Part of a world ceremony… that was eternal and had nothing to do with the actual and immediate
ransom: He eats…
He eats almost nothing
ransom: I appeal to you…
I appeal to you as a father
ransom: Everything was just itself…
Everything was just itself. That was what seemed new
ransom: I am still here…
I am still here but the I is different
ransom: He had… wept without…
He had… wept without restraint
ransom: You expect this jackal…
You expect this jackal… this wolf
ransom: To be the son to the great Achilles…
To be the son to the great Achilles is a burden
ransom/queen core ideas
leadership
greif and loss
change
control the narrative
