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Olgaaa Posted 14 years ago
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How should I understand the phrase "He gave up women for the stripes of the road "?

How should I understand the phrase "He gave up women for the stripes of the road "?
  

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Hi, I don't know. Does the context offer any clues? eg Did he go traveling instead?

— Clive

  • Hi, I don't know.
  • Does the context offer any clues?
  • eg Did he go traveling instead?
  • Clive
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Hi,

I don't know. Does the context offer any clues?
eg Did he go traveling instead?

Clive
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I think the stripes are strokes of a whip, a literary, scriptural use of "stripe". His traveling (the road) is an ordeal of penance (stripes) for fornication (women). There actually are stripes on the road, too. He may have been making reference to the Koran, perhaps chapter 24, or to the Bible ("by whose stripes we are healed"). All that is pure guesswork. Prince writes autobiography in idiosyncr
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Hi,

Would it perhaps be 'the stripes of the rod'? ie rod that he is beaten with?
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CliveHi,Would it perhaps be 'the stripes of the rod'? ie rod that he is beaten with? Clive
Yes, maybe. I didn't check that.
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