The following is a quote from the movie: The Crucible, released in 1996, starring Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis. I remembered we mentioned it in one of our classes. We were talking about commitment to one's words:
John Proctor: Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!
Extremely moving.
ReplyDeleteThe very action of being name leads our existence into a world where "we" are recognize for our "name", in that sense it is the name that allows a human been enter to the existence itself. Or why do you think human named its surrounding world, it is because a name gives "order" to the caos... to the universe...
ReplyDeleteThat really shows how we relate our names to our identity and our existence, what makes each one of us different to other people. If I changed my name I wouldn`t be the person I'am now; because my name define me in some sort of way.
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