an*lytical Annotations:
"All are not alike that in the womb are bred"
The quote in the text was referring to the face that not all individuals who are siblings are alike. It was also debunking Pheroras status in not recieving any of Phasaelus's nobility.
"Thou might'st exalt, pull down, command, forbid,
And be abov ethe wheel of fortune placed."
This pa**age in the text was proclaiming that althougth you might try to take fate into your own hands, destiny may not be in your favor.
"Seize you with lion's paws the fairest lamb of all the flock?"
In speaking of Mariam being taken away, Mariam's physical characteristics are introduced. Had Salome been taken with a lion's paws, little notice would be given that she was the darkest lamb of al the flock. In relation to Renaissance Women, fairness was much related to beauty.
"Our friendship we to thee have dearly sold"
In this pa**age, the amount of betrayal is related. Baba's first son tells Constabarus of his friendships worth. Baba's lets Constabarus know that being a friend to him has cost Constabus a strong loss.
"Farewell of Jewish Men the worthy store"
The manner of race is silently slipped into different texts of the Renaissance Women. Jewish people were meant to be stingy with money and held work and wealth in a high status in life. For a Jewish man to lost his worthy store meant a great loss in his life as losing a woman of "beauty shining bright" meant in this text.
"Then let her live for me"
Salome was a conniving character and a**isted Herod in turning against Mariam. Salome despised Mariam enough but was sure to add in some feeling of guilt when Herod mentioned Mariam's d**h. Salome didn't mention this quote in hopes of seeing Mariam alive but in hopes of creating further hatred in Herod's heart thus earning the title of a conniving character in the play.
"You are to her a sun-burnt blackamoor"
It is wonderous how often race is slipped into the text whithout the readers being aware of it. The green mentioned would be noticed by the gra**hopper but not the crow which is why the author wishes to speak of the matter. The English writers believed that Moors ( Arab Africans) acquired their pigmentation as a result exposure of the sun. Herod's speach to Salome informed of her darkness having no beauty as Herod continues to say "your paintings cannot equal Mariam's praise".
"Your soul is balck and spotted, full of sin"
Doris envies Mariam's beauty in the text and appears to see a side of Mariam not often mentioned in the text. Doris is considered an envious old bag when Doris may have been a key figure in the story is helping the reader determine Mariam's hidden agenda in the text. Doris relates to Mariam that her beauty is worthless as her heart is evil.
"Could not my face form Herod's mind exile?"
Mariam was a questionable character in the text. Typically the Herione of a tale is humble and modest whereas Mariam is vain and aligns her beauty with that of Cleopatra and Papho's queen. Mariam is boastful in a pages worth. The author used this figurative language in Mariam's determining of whether or not Herod's love for her beauty (not for her) has really ended.
"To win the heart tan overthorw the head"
The author uses such a powerful quote to mention how admiration may at times be deceiving. I would say this quotes goes out to all the gold diggers or visious politicians.
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"A minute in a thousand parts divided"
Herod is heartbroken and regretful of Mariam's d**h. The author creates an image of such a catastrophe in love that time itself had been divided.
"My tongue was framed"
Notice how Herod doesn't take fault for his actions? Instead of believing Mariam for the good woman that she is ( yet still a questionable character) Herod blames Salome for corrupting his heart against Mariam. This was relevant in our contemporary moment in that women were not allowed to go to court to stand up for their rights. Men seemed to always be justice individuals who could hold down their own whereas women were not even allowed to enter the courthouse. It is a strange thing that Herod doesn't seem to take responsibility for his actions yet beings to blame Salome for twisting his beliefs of his beloved.
"Accursed Salome"
Salome is a conniving, twisted character but it is wonderous how Herod continues to blame Salome completely for his actions. It would be delightful to see Herod stand up to his actions.
"You could but shine, if some Egyptian blowse, or Ethiopian dodly lose her life"
The third but not least mention of race is apparent in the text. With illustrative language, the author describes the beauty fo the women that shines in only a way a beggar prostitute shines. Egyptian and Ethiopian mentioned the dark skin that align them with the likes of a beggar so as to say theey were not as fair as Mariam.
"Retire theyself, vile monster, worse than he
That stained the virgin earth with borther's blood"
This pa**age mentions that Herod is far worst than Cain (the first human being to k** his brother Abel. It is a small glimpse in the text in which we see the author scorning Herod for having Mariam k**ed instead of us, readers, blaming Salome. When reading the text, we all agreed that it was Salome who gets to the top but we forget that Herod wasn't such an innocent character for listening to Salome
"And let our hate prevail against our mind?"
The pa**age was giving an image that although one can hate someone, the same hate can pollute the person's mind.