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From: edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Khan's Curses in ST II
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 09:28:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 09:28:23 1985
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In article <5194@mit-eddie.UUCP>, barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
> In article <596@leadsv.UUCP> chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander) writes:
> >
> >	Most of the juicy statements that Khan Noonian Singh
> >utters in the movie, The Wrath of Khan, are taken from the
> >Herman Melville book Moby Dick.  They are uttered by Captain
> >Ahab at the Great White Whale.
> 
> And I suspect the rest of the quotes are from Milton's "Paradise Lost".
>     Barry Margolin

	Khan had already read Milton's works. At the end of Space Seed
when the trial ends, Jim asks Khan what he thinks of the verdict. I
paraphrase here....

	Khan: "Have you ever read Milton, Captain?"

	Kirk: "Yes, I see your point."

	Scott: "It's a shame for a Scotsman to admit Captain, but I'm
		not up on my Milton. What did he mean?"

	Kirk: "In 'Paradise Lost', when Lucifer is thrown into the pit,
		he says 'It is better to rule in Hell than to serve in
		Heaven'."

Resident Trekker,
-- 
Edward C. Bennett

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