Motif
silenced victim gives nonverbal testimony
silenced_victim_gives_nonverbal_testimony
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448 confidence: high
Philomela, unable to speak, gestures that violence caused her disgrace; Progne burns with rage and proposes vengeance by fire, mutilation, or wounds.
Philomela cannot speak and uses her hand in place of voice to call the gods as witnesses to violence done to her.
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