ellauri048.html on line 1076: EITHER they had to knuckle under and settle for a "sublimated", more-or-less disembodied, spiritualized passion . . . . OR they could plunge and risk martyrdom. They must have agreed that they had no taste for martyrdom — or even Byronic exile. . . . It is clear they both knew, in their heart of hearts, they wanted to express their love for each other in a physical way; yes, even in a sexual way — Love and Duty is eloquent testimony to that. But both of them knew in the prevailing moral climate . . . there seemed to be no possibility of love between males that would not incur hysterical opposition. . . . There is not much doubt, had they wanted to take the sexual path and do so openly, they would only have wanted the kind of sex which they felt about each other.
ellauri184.html on line 775: It does not take long for us to find out that Saramago is extremely sharp at finding all contradictions on roman-catholic religion. In the novel God seems to be the greediest of all gods, the vainest, the most detached from his people. Detached even from his son as he appeared to him in different shapes, only in the meeting at the lake did he appear to him as a man. God does not command, he orders, he tricks his own son into following his plan to the end. Ultimately Jesus’s betrayal was his last act of martyrdom.
ellauri196.html on line 246: That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Että kamalin veritodistuskin tapahtuu vaan
ellauri198.html on line 743: Roland says one thing and means another, vahvistaa Harlod Bloom. Ei se siihen kyykisty mihin paskantaa. Bloom kiskoo avuxeen rekvisiitasta vastaanpyristelevän tanskalaisen kyttyrän, joka muka on nasevasti ilmaissut Bloomin Browningin perusidean: se on imitaattori joka aktiivisesti hakee jotain martyrdomia! Se toivoo tyrivänsä!
ellauri375.html on line 682: Nero's Persecutions (64-68 AD): The Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD led Emperor Nero to blame the Christians, resulting in widespread persecution and martyrdom.
xxx/ellauri134.html on line 272: Weakness: martyrdom and being exploited
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