But the F-word is a powerful imprecation that carries a wish for subjugation and even annihilation. |
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I don't know which bit of Channel 4's imprecation to leave McCririck didn't understand. |
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It is not unreasonable to stress this problem because we meet it frequently in the so-called psalms of imprecation. |
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In fact, my imprecation against evil is not addressed to this snake who can not hear me but rather to God who can trample on its head, and thus I invoke God: « 0 God, shatter the teeth in their mouths. |
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We shall therefore adopt the metaphor of imprecation against the serpent and make use of images appropriate to it, images that are expressive, picturesque, capable of transmitting an interior passion. |
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