- Here a gaping mouth of the Devil represents
a sphere of a different and more terrifying
kind. An enthusiastic Devil welcomes King,
Bishop, and merchant alike to the flames.
-
- Where precisely Hell was located was, of
course, the subject of debate: Marlowe's Doctor
Faustus urges Mephistophilis to tell him where
it is, and Mephistophilis replies that it is
within the lower elements of earth itself -- but
at the same time is everywhere that is not
heaven:
-
- Faustus: Tell me, where is that place that
men call hell?
- Mephistophilis: Under the heavens.
- Faustus:
Ay, but
whereabouts?
- Mephistophilis: Within the bowels of these
elements,
- Where we are tortured and remain
forever.
- Hell hath no limits, nor is
circumscribed
- In one self place, for where we are is
hell,
- And where hell is there must we ever
be.
- And, to be short, when all the world
dissolves,
- And every creature shall be purified,
- All places shall be hell that is not
heaven.
- Faustus: I think hell's a fable.
- Mephistophilis: Aye, think so still, till
experience change thy mind.
- (2.1.117-28)
Bâillement
: toujours mettre la main devant sa bouche.
Réprimer son bâillement quand l'on
vous parle. C'est par ailleurs une façon
pratique de ne pas imposer son haleine douteuse
aux autres. Il est sans doute de très
mauvais goût d'exposer au regard
extérieur sa cavité buccale (tout
comme d'autres cavités d'ailleurs).
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