The ending reads almost as a prose poem. I don’t know why but I’d like to pinch Spartacus and bury him under the cherry trees in full bloom. Beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried! You may not believe this; instead, I look at them and see the harshness of the beauty, and now, at last, the moment has come when I understand: beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried. This is something you may believe.
Maybe it's because they knew the Romans would not believe them & maybe they wanted the Romans to see that they were utterly defiant to the end - the way we all should be!
The ending reads almost as a prose poem. I don’t know why but I’d like to pinch Spartacus and bury him under the cherry trees in full bloom. Beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried! You may not believe this; instead, I look at them and see the harshness of the beauty, and now, at last, the moment has come when I understand: beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried. This is something you may believe.
I'm glad you liked it - thank you! Those cherry trees put me in mind of A. E. Housman... I don't think he wrote about Spartacus, but he should have.
So kind of you. I will look into A. E. Housman! 🫶✨🫶
Spartacus, not Smartacus. You make a good point.
And you make an idiotic one!
Now I hear the word Smartacus in Olivier's voice. Or Peter Ustinov's impersonation of Olivier's voice...
Maybe it's because they knew the Romans would not believe them & maybe they wanted the Romans to see that they were utterly defiant to the end - the way we all should be!
Notwithstanding the cynical thought in the back of my mind, I agree - it's such a beautiful scene.