Witch Characters:Episode 4
Witch Characters listing and translation for Episode 4.
| Screencap | Transcription | Explanation/Translation | Time |
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[Archaic]
KIRSTEN |
A pixel variant of the Witch Characters are shown in the televisions before Madoka enters the Barrier, and once again on the monitor inside. | 18:51 |
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[Archaic]
ICH MAG KEINE NARREN |
"I don't like fools." In Faust, Mephistopheles refers to all of humankind as Narrenwelt.
"Wenn sich der Mensch, die kleine Narrenwelt (Though folly's microcosm, man)." Narren, meaning fool, may refer to humans here, and could signify the witch's dislike for humans. |
19:18 |
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[Archaic]
ICH WILL NICHT ARBEITEN |
"I don't want to work." This line may come from Henrik Ibsen's play John Gabriel Borkman.
"Ich bin jung, ich will nicht arbeiten, ich will leben," translated as "Yes, but I don't want to work now! For I am young! [...] I will not work! I will only live, live, live!" In the play, these lines are said by Erhart, who is John Gabriel Borkman's son. Borkman himself was a former bank manager arrested for fraud, and through a set of circumstances, his son eventually announces that he wants to live his life for happiness without looking towards the future, caught up in passion for the present. Borkman shortly afterwards stumbles out into the cold and dies in the winter chill. |
19:18 |
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[Archaic]
ELLY |
Elly is the handle name of Kirsten, the Witch in episode 4. | 19:19 |
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[Archaic]
KIRSTEN |
The real name of the Witch in episode 4. | 19:21 19:46 19:57 20:00 |
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[Numeric]
4 3 2 1 |
Witch Characters appear in sequence on Elly's screen. This looks like a countdown showing 4, 3, 2, and the corner of 1. | 19:43 |