"'I'm no Griselda...'" (p. 32)
This statement meant absolutely nothing to me so I googled Griselda. Not only is she a major literary figure but, together with Pope Joan and some other famous women, she is a character in the play, Top Girls (see image), which Sheila and I saw many years ago at the Dukes Playhouse.
Read Poul Anderson and learn.
8 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I think I had heard of Griselda, probably from Shakespeare's play, but I had to click on your link to find out more about her.
Sean
I hadn't heard of Griselda.
Now that I have read the plot summary, I would say she should have denounced her husband for such cruelty. Rather like I think Abraham should have said *NO* to Yahweh for expecting him to kill his son.
Both Griselda & Abraham failed the tests in the stories as told.
Kaor, Jim!
I disagree with what you said about Abraham. The point of the story being how God was testing Abraham's faith and obedience--with no harm being allowed to be inflicted on Isaac. Also, one Catholic writer commented that the angel's intervention at the moment Abraham was about to strike Isaac was meant to show God's displeasure with the human sacrifices common in Canaan. Recall how the worshippers of Moloch were notorious for sacrificing infants to that "god"!
Ad astra! Sean
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on Abraham.
I might see it as God testing whether Abraham would disobey a criminal order, and Abraham failing the test.
If I believed that "God" was not a personification but a literal person, then I would not expect Him to order a guy to kill his son.
Kaor, to Both!
And you are missing the points of that story in Genesis, about Abraham and Isaac. A test of Abraham's faith and obedience and God's displeasure with human sacrifices.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
And you are missing the point. If God told me to kill my daughter, I would not do it.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Nor would He want you to.
Ad astra! Sean
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