"Seeing all was over, he uttered no sound, and could not be forced to." It's either from a character in the Bible or from one of Shakespeares plays. This quote can be found in the story Benito Cereno by Herman Melville
2006-12-15 10:04:43 · 5 answers · asked by thebus223 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Shakespeare - Othello: Iago's last words "Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word."
Babo, like lago, when his part has been played and his plot exposed, shuts up like a tomb, his secret buried: “Seeing all was over, he uttered no sound, ...
You are "lucky" friend. This one was not easy. Many English professors would miss the connection. The passage in Melville is studied also in Africian-American studies and that gave me the lead to find this for you.
Babo, resorts to another “comment of silence;' his hostility and noncommunication suddenly out in the open: “Seeing all was over, he uttered no sound, ...
2006-12-15 11:17:32 · answer #1 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is actually really difficult to help you when that is all you give. There are a couple of times in the Bible when people go mute. When Zechariah was told that his wife of old age Elizabeth was going to have a son (who ended up to be John the Baptist) and Zechariah didn't believe God, God made him mute until the baby was born and named John.
2006-12-15 10:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by Chica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that it is an allusion to Jesus in the Bible at the trial before his crusafiction.
2006-12-15 10:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by Charity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be an allusion to Jesus, who was silent when condemned to die.
2006-12-15 10:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tailpipe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not from the bible.
2006-12-15 10:11:17 · answer #5 · answered by movielovingirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋