GATHER THOSE FLOWERS»: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S CYMBELINE IN SALVADOR ESPRIU'S MRS. DEATH/«Coged aquellas flores»: Cymbeline, de William Shakespeare, en Mrs. Death, de Salvador Espriu

[...]Fear no more» echoes in Clarissa's mind during her party after the shocking news brought by the Bradshaws: [T]he words came to her, Fear no more the heat of the sun. [...]the lyrical speaker of «Les oliveres» («The Olive Trees»), being a «llegidor de profètics / vols de falcons» (interpreter of the prophetic flights of falcons), is reminiscent of the soothsayer in the play, who, seeing an eagle flying westward, predicts the Roman victory first (IV. 2) and then the reconciliation of Romans and Britons (v.4). [...]gather those flowers», in the context of Mrs. Death, might be interpreted as meaning «prepare your life in order to face death». In Cymbeline's final address to his court, he blames the dead Queen for having induced him to stand up against Rome. Since the refusal to pay the tribute was the ultimate cause of war, the Queen is not only responsible for invoking death into the play by preparing her poisons, as we observed, but also for instigating war.