# Epigraph explained — After the Divorce

> Chapter companion for After the Divorce by Grazia Deledda.

## What happens

The epigraph quotes St. Luke 18:33-34, foreshadowing suffering and a lack of understanding among those who witness it.

## Themes in this chapter

### Suffering and Resilience

The verse directly references scourging and death, establishing suffering as a central motif.

### Injustice and Fate

The prophecy of death and the disciples' incomprehension hint at an inexorable, unjust fate.

## Key lines

> And they shall scourge him, and put him to death;⁠ ⁠… And they understood none of these things:⁠ ⁠… St. Luke 18:33, 34

They will beat him and kill him, but those around him will not grasp what is happening.

_The epigraph sets a tone of impending tragedy and human blindness to it._

## Links

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