A amata New member Joined Jun 29, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location Belgium Jun 29, 2011 #1 Hi everybody, I'm exhausted understanding the sentence below, please help me. "He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies. " Thanks a lot.
Hi everybody, I'm exhausted understanding the sentence below, please help me. "He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies. " Thanks a lot.
T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 29, 2011 #2 amata said: Hi everybody, I'm exhausted understanding the sentence below, please help me. "He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies. " Thanks a lot. Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, Amata: (1) You will certainly receive a lot of interesting replies!!! (2) Here is my take: (a) The last part ("does not die when he dies") might mean that he does not die when he dies because he -- in the first part of the sentence-- has already died (in a non-physical way). (b) The first part ("He who dies before he dies") might mean something like: Let's say that Tom knows that he should do something. But he doesn't do it because he is afraid. He is afraid of what people will say or what the government will do to him. So he keeps his head down and ignores what he knows that he should not ignore. In a sense, then, he has died. There is this saying from Shakespeare: "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once." James
amata said: Hi everybody, I'm exhausted understanding the sentence below, please help me. "He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies. " Thanks a lot. Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, Amata: (1) You will certainly receive a lot of interesting replies!!! (2) Here is my take: (a) The last part ("does not die when he dies") might mean that he does not die when he dies because he -- in the first part of the sentence-- has already died (in a non-physical way). (b) The first part ("He who dies before he dies") might mean something like: Let's say that Tom knows that he should do something. But he doesn't do it because he is afraid. He is afraid of what people will say or what the government will do to him. So he keeps his head down and ignores what he knows that he should not ignore. In a sense, then, he has died. There is this saying from Shakespeare: "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once." James
