From: David Parker (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Date: Mon Mar 01 1999 - 06:12:17 PST
My dear Mr Aguello, You are allowing yourself to become confused when there is no need for it. Remember, language is no static thing, but a constantly deveoping organism. Look in any dictionary, and you will see that one of the meanings of "breast" is the front part of a man's thorax. Read your Bible, my dear sir. The Evangelist John spoke of Jesus' breast. And "breast" has advantages for an imaginative writer that "chest" lacks. It implies what is within, the heart, in a way the "chest" does not. It may not be a fashionable term for a man's chest today, but it was. Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ -----Original Message----- From: Brad Arguello <bradarguello@hotmail.com> To: cdickens@RMPLC.co.uk <cdickens@RMPLC.co.uk> Date: 12 December 1996 09:15 Subject: a personal note to dickens, please respond soon! >Ok, here is my question, >i have been reading tale of two cities for my brit lit class. The thing >that i kept on coming upon was his reference to mens BREAST. i dont know >if he is pertaining to the literal meaning or if it has a metaphorical >meaning? the other question, if it is just the literal meaning why does >he refere to it as a breast and not a mans cheast? > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >