Original artwork, not a still
The Tempest ‧ 1623
like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Repeated telling changes the storyteller’s own memory. What began as a lie becomes something he can believe, so deception no longer requires a conscious act each time. The passage makes self-deception a consequence of practice: a manufactured account gradually replaces the truth for its maker.
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