| Framley Parsonage Chapters 1 to 3 |
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Chapter 1 |
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omnia bona dicere The title of this chapter can be literally translated as "all people to say all good things." This is a quote from Terence's Andria lines 96-97. The plot of Terence's play revolves around a father, Simo, who wants his son to marry his neighbor's daughter. Unfortunately his son, Pamphilus, promises to marry an Andrian woman after impregnating her. Simo becomes concerned when his son is dining with friends in the company of a prostitute named Chrysis. Simo was concerned that his son might have entered into a relationship with her. While discussing the matter with his most trusted freeman, Simo describes how he interviewed servants belonging to Pamphilus' friends about his son's behavior with Chrysis. The servants always responded that Pamphilus took part in the dinner but that he didn't spend the night with Chrysis. According to the translation by Henry Thomas Rhiley, Simo says "this pleased me, and every body with one voice began to say all kinds of flattering things and to extol my good fortune, in having a son endowed with such a disposition." It is revealed later that Pamphilus has agreed to marry Glycerium, the sister of Chrysis. When Trollope entitles this chapter "Omnes Omnia Bona Dicere," he is saying that people are saying good things about Mark Robarts. However, in his associations with Mr. Sowerby Mark falls shy of the praise lavished on him much as Pamphilus fell short of the praise lavished on him. This reference to the Andria foreshadows Mark's signing of Mr. Sowerby's bill, an act which fails to meet with the high expectations of for a young clergyman. Rhiley's translation of the Andria available at www.perseus.tufts.edu [TH] |
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Hyperion Hyperion was a Titan and the son of both Uranus and Gaia. He was the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos (sun, moon dawn respectively). Hyperion is often confused wioth the Sun in classical sources. For that reason Trollope may intend to say that Mark is an Apollo. The use of a classical name to describe Mark elevates him in our eyes. The association of Mark Robarts with the sun reinforces the image of him as a man rising in the world. Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology [TH] |
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tergo A Latin phrase meaning "from behind." [TH] |
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