ritzspar:i was overthinking on whatever Ali’s line meant when he said (“Because if I fear him who lo
ritzspar:i was overthinking on whatever Ali’s line meant when he said (“Because if I fear him who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?”) and googling about it non-stop to read other people’s interpretation. The very idea that stuck onto me was the one from tvtropes.org where they summarized it as an event of “He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him" explaining that: “Lawrence and his Arab followers have succeeded in defeating the Turks, but their own internal squabbles have doomed any attempt at forming a united post-independence government before it began, leaving Lawrence broken and disillusioned. Sherif Ali, witnessing the defeated Lawrence, begins weeping, and when confronted by Auda abu Tayi over why he weeps for a man he claims to fear rather than love, he replies, "Because if I fear him who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?”SIDENOTE: i love u history, lit and film majors, just keep ranting and i’ll keep listening. im a very dense person and i will depend SO BAD on your essays and interpretations. god bless u for it -- source link
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