Okuhle kakhulu UMargaret Atwood ngukuthi, noma ngabe uthatha ikhwalithi yombhalo ngokwawo, kuzohlala kugcina kukumangaze esakhiweni noma ngendlela. Emisha ngomsebenzi wakhe, uMargaret uziphindisela ngencwadi ngayinye entsha.
En imbewu yomthakathi singena esikhumbeni sikaFeliksi, isisebenzi sokuzithandela esizinikele enqubweni yokubuyisa iziboshwa enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini.
Akukho okungcono kunoShakespeare futhi akukho okungcono kuneSiphepho kulabo "abahluliwe" ukuthola iCaliban ngaphakathi kodwa ne-Ariel. UCaliban wayengemubi kangako no-Ariel engagcina ejabule ekusebenzeni kwakhe ngokuphelele. Bangabalingiswa ababili abaphikisayo emsebenzini omkhulu kaShakespeare, uyakhumbula? Indodana eyodwa yomthakathi uSycorax kanti enye igwetshwe efanayo futhi ekugcineni yenziwa isigqila nguProspero.
UFeliksi ufuna ukufuna ukuhlanganiswa, okungcono kakhulu kwezingxube ukuze lezo ziboshwa zifune ukulinganisela ebuntwini bazo ngaphandle kokunikela ngokuhlubuka kwabo njengamandla okuvikela, njengesidingo soshintsho.
Izenzo zethu, izenzo zalabo abagcina benamathambo abo ejele kungahlala kuholele ekubeni necala nokukholelwa. Futhi hhayi njalo ukuncishwa inkululeko noma izigwebo ezinzima kakhulu kutholakala ezigcemeni zejele ...
Ukulungiswa komdlalo ozokwenziwa yiziboshwa, uFélix azinikele ngenxa yawo, nakho kuyisivivinyo sokuthi bayini abahumushi babo nokuthi yini abayishiyile emuva, yamathuba, yokuziphindiselela nonembeza.
Impilo iyindida, iyaphikisana. Lapho ungadla umhlaba awunalwazi lokuthi ungaqala ngaphi, lapho ubungakwazi khona, asiphiki. Sigcina sizidla ngale ndlela ngokuthanda izinto eziyize. Manje nasezikhathini zikaShakespeare ...
Kepha iziboshwa zikaSolwazi Felix zizofunda isifundo ezisifundiswa zodwa. Ukutholakala, kwesithangami sangaphakathi, sempi phakathi kokuhle nokubi kungaholela ekuthuleni kwangaphakathi kuphela.
Kepha akekho umuntu okhululekile ukubuyela esimweni sokuziphindisela esinegazi elikhulu, ngisho noProfesa Felix uqobo ...
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