The Curse

by Arthur C. Clarke

"Good frend for lesvs sake forbeare,

To digg the dvst encloased heare

Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cryst be he yt moves my bones."

"Let him not to rest in peace," because we need Shakespeare. His death means devastation for the author; war, end of Literature. Although the author thinks Shakespeare is dead, he has not died really as he remains in his Literature. Authors take some ideas from him and it is not bad because they will remember him forever.

In the text "The Curse", Arthur C. Clark talks about science fiction and represents it with different colours and metaphors: "Often that appointment had been kept, high above the Earth where the sky was black and sun and stars shared the heavens together." In this extract, he shows that day and night are similar in war, and uses the colour black to symbolize his feelings towards war.