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Charles Perrault 1697-ben megjelent Sleeping Beauty című művének 9 híres sora, szóról szóra, mindegyik jelentésével és forrásával.

15 perc olvasás

1. 1

   There were formerly a king and a queen, who were so sorry that they had no children; so sorry that it cannot be expressed.

   Jelentés: A king and queen deeply grieve because they cannot have a child.

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2. 2

   The old Fairy’s turn coming next, with a head shaking more with spite than age, she said that the Princess should have her hand pierced with a spindle and die of the wound.

   Jelentés: An offended fairy turns a celebration into a threat by cursing the princess to die from a spindle wound.

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3. 3

   The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but, instead of dying, she shall only fall into a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years, at the expiration of which a king’s son shall come and awake her.”

   Jelentés: The younger fairy softens the death curse into a century of sleep that will end with a prince’s arrival.

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4. 4

   Fairies are not long in doing their business.

   Jelentés: The narrator playfully emphasizes how quickly fairies can accomplish extraordinary tasks.

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5. 5

   However, he did not cease from continuing his way; a young and amorous prince is always valiant.

   Jelentés: The prince presses forward alone, encouraged by youthful confidence and romantic hopes.

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   “Is it you, my Prince?” said she to him. “You have waited a long while.”

   Jelentés: The princess greets the prince with immediate affection, as though she already expected him.

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7. 7

   The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself; their discourse was not well connected, they did weep more than talk—little eloquence, a great deal of love.

   Jelentés: The couple’s powerful feelings emerge through tears and imperfect conversation rather than polished declarations.

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   In short, they talked four hours together, and yet they said not half what they had to say.

   Jelentés: The newly united lovers have so much to share that even hours of conversation feel insufficient.

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9. 9

   “I have a mind to eat little Morning for my dinner to-morrow.”

   Jelentés: The prince’s ogress mother reveals her intention to eat her granddaughter.

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Kérdések ezekről a sorokról

Does the prince wake Sleeping Beauty with a kiss in Perrault’s story?

No kiss is described. The prince kneels beside the princess, and she wakes because the hundred-year enchantment has ended.

Why does Sleeping Beauty sleep for a hundred years?

An older fairy curses the princess to die after piercing her hand with a spindle. A younger fairy cannot cancel the curse entirely, but changes death into a hundred-year sleep.