Druppeltjie en Abel kan as tragiese karakters beskou word.
Droplet and Abel can be seen as tragic characters.
Druppeltjie is 'n kind van die weemoed omdat hy gebore is uit 'n buite egtelike verhouding tussen Waterwyser du Pissani en KênsTillie.
Droplet is a child of melancholy because he was born from an extramarital relationship between Waterwyser du Pissani and KênsTillie.
Waterwyser, reeds 'n getroude man, was volgens die Moolmans, 'n swerwer wat nooit grond sou besit nie, en dus nie aanvaarbaar vir die Moolmans is nie.
Waterwyser, already a married man, was according to the Moolmans, a wanderer who would never own land, and therefore not acceptable to the Moolmans.
Druppeltjie se ma, KênsTillie, was vanaf geboorte kêns.
Droplet's mother, KênsTillie, was a drunkard from birth.
En dus is Druppeltjie verwerp vanwee sy bedenklike bloed.
And so Droplet is rejected because of his questionable blood.
Sy oupa, Abel, het hom nooit aangesien nie.
His grandfather, Abel, never acknowledged him.
Hy't sy oupa gevrees en Druppeltjie het altyd weggekruip as sy Abel nader gekom het.
He feared his grandfather and Droplet always hid when Abel approached.
Sy ouma, Ella, het ook nooit haar hande op haar kleinkind gelee nie, maar kinderoppassers aangestel, wat moes omsien as Tillie weggedwaal het.
His grandmother, Ella, also never laid her hands on her grandson, but appointed babysitters who had to look after him when Tillie strayed away.
Druppeltjie het die derde oog besit, wat kontak met die voorvadergeeste moontlik gemaak.
Droplet possessed the third eye, which made contact with the ancestral spirits possible.
Na sy geboorte was daar vir sewe maande konstant 'n druppeltjie op sy linker wang. As 'n mens dit afgevee het, het dit weer verskyn. Volgens die mense was dit 'n teken van weemoed.
After his birth there was a constant droplet on his left cheek for seven months. If one wiped it away, it would reappear. According to people it was a sign of melancholy.
Hy't ook 'n besonder aanvoeling vir water gehad, nes sy pa wat 'n waterdwaler was.
He also had a particular feeling for water, like his father who was a water diviner.
Verder is Druppeltjie op 'n baie hartseer wyse dood, in 'n boorgat waar hy deur sy oupa die genadeskoot gegee was.
Furthermore, Droplet died in a very sad way, in a well where his grandfather gave him the coup de grace.
Druppeltjie word die sondebok vir 'n hele stam se sonde en skuld.
Droplet becomes the scapegoat for an entire tribe's sin and guilt.
Abel Moolman kam beskou word as 'n tragiese karakter, omdat hy die swaarste moes dra aan die Moolman naam.
Abel Moolman can be considered a tragic character because he had to carry the heaviest burden of the Moolman name.
Hy het in sy studeerkamer gevoel hoe die voorgeslagte, StamAbel en OuAbel, hom aankla, omdat Toorberg omder hom uitgedroog het. Die boormasjien het tydelike verligting gebring van die swaar verantwoordelikheid. Ongelukkig kon die boormasjien nooit daarin slaag om water op die plaas op te spoor nie.
He felt in his study how the ancestors, StamAbel and OldAbel, accused him because Toorberg was drying up under him. The drilling machine brought temporary relief from the heavy responsibility. Unfortunately the drilling machine could never manage to find water on the farm.
Verder is Abel se verhouding met sy vrou, Ella, maar stug.
Furthermore, Abel's relationship with his wife, Ella, is rigid.
Vir al die kere
For all the times
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