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| Agamemnon |
Help, help! I am wounded,
murdered, here in the
inner room!
Help, help again! Murder--a second, mortal
blow! |
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| Ahab,
Captain |
"Towards thee I roll, thou
all-destroying but unconquering
whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at
thee;
for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all
hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then
tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou
damned
whale! Thus, I give up the spear!"
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Novel: Moby Dick: Or, The Whale,
Herman
Mehlville, 1851 |
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| Antigone |
This is it. The time has
come.
For doing what was right,
I'm dragged away to death.
And Thebes, city where I was born,
And you my friends, the rich people of
Thebes,
Will you judge between us?
you might at least look and remember. |
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Play: Antigone, Sophocles,
441 B.C. |
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| Antony
(Marcus Antonius) |
I am dying, Egypt, dying:
Give me some wine, and let me speak a little.
One word, sweet queen:
Of Caesar seek your honour, with your safety. O!
Gentle, hear me:
None about Caesar trust but Proculeius
The miserable change now at my
end
Lament nor sorrow at, but please your
thoughts
In feeding them with those my former fortunes
Wherein I lived, the greatest prince o' the
world,
The noblest, and do now basely die,
Not cowardly put off my helmet to
My countryman, a Roman by a Roman
Valiantly vanquish'd. Now my spirit is
going;
I can no more.
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Play: Antony and Cleopatra,
William
Shakespeare, 1606 |
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| Arthur,
King |
"Take thou Excalibur, my good
sword, and
go with it
to yonder water side, and when thou comest there I charge thee throw my
sword in that water. . . . Alas, help me hence, for I dread me I
have tarried over long. . . . Comfort thyself and do as well as
thou
mayst, for in me is no trust for to trust in; for I will into the vale
of Avilion to heal me of my grievous wound: and if thou hear never more
of me, pray for my soul."
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Chronicle: Le Morte D'Arthur,
Sir Thomas
Mallory, c.1469 |
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| Asmundson,
Atli |
"These broad lances--they are coming into
fashion." (upon being stabbed)
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Saga:
Grettir's Saga |
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| Bandello,
Cesare Enrico "Rico" (actor - Edward G. Robinson) |
"Mother
of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?"
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Movie: Little Caesar,
1931
Book: Little Caesar by Francis Edwards |
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| Barkley,
Catherine "Cat" |
| "Don't worry, darling.
I'm not a
bit afraid.
It's just a dirty trick." |
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Novel: A Farewell to Arms,
Ernest
Hemingway, 1929 |
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| Batty,
Roy (actor - Rutger Hauer) |
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| "I've seen things you people
wouldn't
believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams
glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All of those moments
will
be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die." |
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Movie: Blade Runner, 1982 |
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| Blue,
Little Boy |
"Now don't you go till I come,"
he
said,
"And don't you make any noise!" |
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Poem: Little Boy Blue by
Eugene Field |
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| Bois-Guilbert,
Sir Brian de |
| "Dog of a Saxon! Take thy
lance, and prepare
for the death thou hast drawn upon thee!" |
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Novel: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter
Scott, 1819 |
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| Bolkowsky,
Prince Andrei |
| "Yes, that was death. I
died--and
I awoke.
Yes, death is an awakening." |
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Novel: War and Peace by Lev
Nikolayevich
Tolstoy |
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| Boxer |
| "Forward comrades! . . .
Forward
in the name of
the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live comrade
Napoleon.
Napoleon is always right." As related by Squealer |
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Novel: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
by George
Orwell |
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| Budd,
Billy |
| "God bless Captain Vere!" |
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Novel: Billy Budd, Foretopman,
Herman
Mehlville, published
posthumously in 1924 |
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