PEASANT: “I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.”
Cardinal Ximinez: “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Ourfour …no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…. I’ll come in again.”
Figure: metanoia (met-ah-NOY-a), the self-correcting figure.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Pythonisms - Figures of Speech
Rhetorical devices used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Pythonisms - Figures of Speech
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