"Yet as the laugh died, a kind of wrath smote me, and then bitterness followed; it was the rock struck, and Meribah’s waters gushing out”(Villette Pg. 110, 2nd Paragraph).
Meribah is the location where the Israelites complained against Moses for the lack of water while they where going towards Canaan. Moses even feared that the people were ready to stone him and they felt he led them out of Egypt to die in the wilderness. Moses goes before the Lord and asks for a miracle. Yahweh tells Moses to speak to a rock and waters will flow forth. Moses “disobeys” God by striking the rock instead of commanding it to rush forth with water. God is unhappy with Moses for making it look like Moses supplied the miracle and thus tells Moses he will not entered the Promised Land.
Lucy must be feeling the wrath and rejection that Moses felt. She explains that her whole being is shook and in confusion not because of Madame’s mistrust toward her, but for other reasons. Lucy appears to be in denial as to the cause of her emotional break down; the reader knows that the mistrust of Madame is the cause of Lucy’s grief. Interestingly enough, Lucy gushes out hot tears in resemblance to the rock’s torrent. She also mentions bitterness that relates to an episode where Moses throws a log into a bitter stream to make it sweet. Lucy feels stuck between a rock and a madame.
Meribah is the location where the Israelites complained against Moses for the lack of water while they where going towards Canaan. Moses even feared that the people were ready to stone him and they felt he led them out of Egypt to die in the wilderness. Moses goes before the Lord and asks for a miracle. Yahweh tells Moses to speak to a rock and waters will flow forth. Moses “disobeys” God by striking the rock instead of commanding it to rush forth with water. God is unhappy with Moses for making it look like Moses supplied the miracle and thus tells Moses he will not entered the Promised Land.
Lucy must be feeling the wrath and rejection that Moses felt. She explains that her whole being is shook and in confusion not because of Madame’s mistrust toward her, but for other reasons. Lucy appears to be in denial as to the cause of her emotional break down; the reader knows that the mistrust of Madame is the cause of Lucy’s grief. Interestingly enough, Lucy gushes out hot tears in resemblance to the rock’s torrent. She also mentions bitterness that relates to an episode where Moses throws a log into a bitter stream to make it sweet. Lucy feels stuck between a rock and a madame.
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