Me and Words

Words scare the crap out of me:

“Hamlet suggests that the words one utters immediately cease to be one’s own property. They can be wrenched from their original context or intention and be used for other purposes. This means that even though Hamlet’s word-play gives him power over others, it is, in the end, not under his own control.”

-Raman Selden, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature

Ditto for writing–

~ by maylin2 on February 12, 2008.