Jubilee (1978)

David Brandon: Ariel

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• [last lines] 

  Ariel : [narrating]  There and back. There and back. The waves break on the shores of England. The white cliffs stand against the void. We gaze seaward contemplating the night journey. The sun sinks lower. The moon awaits to make her entrance. In the south at Tilly Whim a picture of wind on the sea. In the west a vision of silver dew falling into a chalice flowing on a sea of pure gold. In the east a black hoarfrost, the sun eclipsed by the wings of the phoenix. In the north a howling chaos into which a black rain falls without ceasing. Now is the time of departure. The last streamer that ties us to what is known parts. We drift into a sea of storms. And now Elizabeth and Dee go along the same great highway and the light of the air about them seemed somewhat dark like evening or twilight. And as they walked the phoenix spoke and cried with a loud voice: "Come away".

• Ariel : All hail, great master. Grave sir, hail. I come to answer thy best pleasure, be it to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride upon the curled clouds... to thy strong bidding. Ariel, and all his quality...

• Ariel : Consider the world's diversity, and worship it. By denying its multiplicity, you deny your own true nature. Equality prevails, not for the gods' sake, but for man's. Men are weak. They cannot endure their manifold nature.