Timon wasn't in a country owned bt Cargill and Hormel blanketed by pig and
chicken factories and corporate farms. The best things in life are free only
the few who can lay claim to fertile plots unencumbered by bank notes or
studded with "DeKalb Experimental Plot XXX. No Trespassing" signs. I read
this group and admire the idyllic lives you all seem to lead. It is
possible only for the very few. Keep it while you can. The WTO has designs
for your little bits of paradise as well.
Dave Dix, Minneapolis
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From: "andrew hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 7:54 PM
Subject: Timon of Athens
> Read Shakespeare's Timon a few days ago, and it raises a lot of issues
very
> relevant to this group. For those who aren't familiar with it: Timon is a
> wealthy Athenian, who shows limitless hospitality. When he falls into debt
> he finds that none of the people he's favoured are ready to help him and
> lend him money. He goes off into the countryside to live alone, pouring
> scorn on the values and people of Athens.
> The attitudes to money, need and desire he articulates once in the
> countryside are fascinating. In the ejection of his past life he moves
> towards embracing a life lived in harmony with nature, best conveyed in
> these lines:
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> "Why should you want? Behold, the earth has roots;
> Within this mile break forth a hundred springs;
> The oaks bear mast. the briars scarlet hips;
> the bounteous housewife Nature on each bush
> Lays her full mess before you. Want? Why want?"
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> Anyone else have any thoughts on the play?
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