linz
06-05-2007, 03:28 PM
In Revelation it mentions a sweet and bitter book brought by the angel with one foot on land and the other on the sea. There is a staple of modern literature by the name of Samuel Beckett whose 'Waiting for Godot' and 'Endgame' have numerous biblical references, but few have been able to make proper since of his aims in his literature. In 'Endgame', the character Clov can't sit down and whose eyes hurt, suggesting 'feet as bronze being heated in a furnace and eyes of flaming fire'. Also quotes from the work like 'No, I won't bury you', suggesting the two witnesses; 'A smithereen', 'On horse', 'I'll measure it', and 'Tramp, Tramp' which are all quotes from Clov. But the main character Hamm is actually more central to the work as near the end of the play, he realizes that his father had hit him on the head during his childhood, and had caused an injury. The play seems to say that memories from childhood are brought back to our adult minds during the tribulation of the end of the world. Hamm says 'The end is in the beginning, and yet you go on!' This maybe the reason why children rise against their parents during the final judgment. There is also a suggestion that Clov was sexually abused as a child and mentioning of having climbed the trees in the garden, perhaps referring to original sin and Ezekiel: 28. There is also a window that looks on the sea, and one that looks on the land, suggesting the two beasts and the two feet of the angel. I find this all very interesting, do any of you?