Also, between accusing himself of going against the Fourth Commandment (honour thy father and thy mother) and advising his comrades not to „stir up other people“, I think we‘re talking about helping Fritz against FW here, not about rebelling against his own Dad, though if you interpret it differently, I‘m all ear and not firm on the point.
Haha ugh, I do want to interpret that differently but I think you're probably right. I mean, I could construct something where "lord father should forget all the insults he had suffered" means insults from Katte towards his father, which would tie in neatly to the fourth commandment, but... I really don't think that's what he means.
There‘s still the possibility of Katte intending to make goodwill with FW for both his family and Fritz, and to make his father feel better, but since all of this isn‘t addressed to Fritz but to his own father, I think it‘s reasonable to assume he was being sincere and this is what he did believe on the evening before his death.
Yeah <3 :(
(I must admit I'm rather sad that it doesn't look like Katte was trying to send a secret message to Fritz after all, bah. But mostly: poor Katte.)
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Re: Katte's less famous final Puncte - Translation
Date: 2023-05-18 02:47 am (UTC)Also, between accusing himself of going against the Fourth Commandment (honour thy father and thy mother) and advising his comrades not to „stir up other people“, I think we‘re talking about helping Fritz against FW here, not about rebelling against his own Dad, though if you interpret it differently, I‘m all ear and not firm on the point.
Haha ugh, I do want to interpret that differently but I think you're probably right. I mean, I could construct something where "lord father should forget all the insults he had suffered" means insults from Katte towards his father, which would tie in neatly to the fourth commandment, but... I really don't think that's what he means.
There‘s still the possibility of Katte intending to make goodwill with FW for both his family and Fritz, and to make his father feel better, but since all of this isn‘t addressed to Fritz but to his own father, I think it‘s reasonable to assume he was being sincere and this is what he did believe on the evening before his death.
Yeah <3 :(
(I must admit I'm rather sad that it doesn't look like Katte was trying to send a secret message to Fritz after all, bah. But mostly: poor Katte.)