Parallels between Argonautica, Bk 3 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by My Fair Lady Soundtrack: By Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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The common theme here is that love will lift you high, to the stars. In Book 3 of the Argonautica, Medea is initially “rooted to the ground” (964) when she first sees Jason. Directly after their meeting, however, her mind soared to the clouds(1151). It is as though the love she feels for Jason has lifted her, flushed with emotion, into the sky.
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Freddie: When she mentioned how her aunt
Bit off the spoon, she completely done me in
And my heart went on a journey to the moon
When she told about her father and the gin
And I never saw a more enchanting farce
Than the moment when she shouted, “Move your bloomin'” (interrupted)
I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I several stories high
Knowing I’m on the street where you live
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of every door?
No it’s just on the street where you live
And oh the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear
People stop and stare, they don’t bother me
For there’s nowhere else on earth that I would rather be
Let the time go by, I won’t care
If I can be here on the street where you live
People stop and stare, they don’t bother me
For there’s nowhere else on earth that I would rather be
Let the time go by, I won’t care
If I can be here on the street where you live…
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On the street where you live