The Gate to Women's Country by Tepper Sheri S

Author:Tepper, Sheri S. [Tepper, Sheri S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, Sci-fi, Feminism
ISBN: 9780385416887
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Published: 1988-01-30T02:00:00+00:00

REHEARSAL:

CASSANDRA I have seen the land laid waste and burned with brands, and desolation bled from fiery wombs.

POLYXENA So have we all, sister. Look around you. See what is lost. You may weep for the walls of Troy, I would weep for the dances I will not step again. You weep for the dead. I would weep for honey cakes. You may weep for Troy’s children slain. I would weep for the wine spilt from the jar, never drunk. Oh, I pray the Gods had given me power to strike those warriors down! I would have used it well!

HECUBA Polyxena! How can you? To shed your tears for cakes!

POLYXENA What tears? The dead have no tears. I can not weep. If I could cry, then I would cry for cakes—sweet cakes, gay dances, and bright flowing wine. You grieve your losses and I’ll grieve for mine.

CASSANDRA (Shaking her head and crying) No one hears me! I have seen blood, not this blood here today. I have seen bodies broken, but not these! I see a desolation yet to come! In time! At the end of time.

ANDROMACHE She’s at it still, I see.

HECUBA (Motioning toward her head) Poor thing.

CASSANDRA (Weeping) Apollo said you wouldn’t believe me.

HECUBA (Cuddling her) Well old Apollo can go scratch himself, of course Mother believes her little girl….

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