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* '''farce:''' the Verdi opera is supposed to be a tragedy, but with its many outlandish coincidences, seems a bit farcical | * '''farce:''' the Verdi opera is supposed to be a tragedy, but with its many outlandish coincidences, seems a bit farcical | ||
* '''dust:''' a deflation of the idea of glorious destiny: Shakespeara ''Hamlet'' (Act V. scene i) | * '''dust:''' a deflation of the idea of glorious destiny: Shakespeara ''Hamlet'' (Act V. scene i) | ||
| − | + | Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, | |
the dust is earth, of earth we make loam—and why of that loam, whereto | the dust is earth, of earth we make loam—and why of that loam, whereto | ||
he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? ...Imperious Caesar, | he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? ...Imperious Caesar, | ||
| − | dead and turned to clay. | + | dead and turned to clay. |
Latest revision as of 09:33, 6 November 2012
- La Forza del destino: (Italian: The Force of Destiny)an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1856.
- farce: the Verdi opera is supposed to be a tragedy, but with its many outlandish coincidences, seems a bit farcical
- dust: a deflation of the idea of glorious destiny: Shakespeara Hamlet (Act V. scene i)
Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust,
the dust is earth, of earth we make loam—and why of that loam, whereto
he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? ...Imperious Caesar,
dead and turned to clay.
