The good die young-but not always. The wicked prevail-but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life lacks moral consistency, but theater offers a structured, safe world.
- In plain terms
- Good and bad outcomes are unpredictable in life but ordered in plays.
- What can you take from it?
- Art provides order when life is chaotic.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you find safety?
- Is life fair?
Another view
Real life offers freedom that theater lacks.
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I cry out for order and find it only in art.
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