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Creola 2022-04-20 09:01:17
God of War first, God of love first
What is worth bewildering and moving is that Judas and Esther have a very strong and flat love, and many secrets can be seen on the other hand. "If you're not the bride, I'll kiss you goodbye" "If I'm not the bride, there's no need to say goodbye" I repeatedly look for the reason for this fear in...
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Hilda 2022-04-22 07:01:04
Humanity and Divinity in Conflict and Contrast
One was Marcela, a Roman, and the other was Ben-Hur, a Jew. Unexpectedly, the two children meet again, and their childhood friendship is vulnerable to the conflict between the huge power and the fate of the nation. Augustus and Yahweh, to whom do you pledge your allegiance? Conquest and autonomy,...
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Judah Ben-Hur: [as Judah Ben-Hur hugs Simonides, in friendship] Simonides.
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[Messala is mortally injured after being trampled in the chariot race]
Doctor: We cannot wait, Tribune.
Messala: [softly] He will come.
[he convulses with pain; they hold him down]
Doctor: We cannot wait any longer, Tribune!
Messala: [shouts] He will come! He will come. I have sent for him, and he will come!
Doctor: If you wish us to keep you alive, we have to go to work *now*, Tribune. Do you understand?
Messala: Cut the legs off me... Not yet. Not till I've seen him. I can't receive him with half a body!
[Drusus and the surgeon share a look; they begin binding Messala in preparation for amputation]
Messala: [struggling] NO!
[Judah appears in the doorway]
Messala: I told you, Drusus; I told you! There he is.
[Judah approaches and stands over Messala]
Messala: Triumph c... triumph complete, Judah. The race won, the enemy destroyed.
Judah Ben-Hur: I see no enemy.
Messala: What do you think you see? The smashed body of a wretched animal? There's enough of a man still left here for you to hate. Let me help you.
[he convulses with pain]
Messala: You think they're dead, your mother and sister? Dead, and the race over? It isn't over, Judah. They're not dead.
Judah Ben-Hur: [leaning closer] Where are they?
[pause]
Judah Ben-Hur: Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?
Messala: [with grim satisfaction] Look... look for them... in the Valley... of the Lepers! If you can recognize them!
[Judah doubles over with grief]
Messala: It goes on. It goes on, Judah. The race... the race... is not... over!
[he dies]
