Over her face the emotions play like winds on a meadow lake.

Holofernes is the composite picture of all the Biblical heathen chieftains.

His every action breathes power.

He is an Assyrian bull, a winged lion, and a god at the same time, and divine honors are paid to him every moment.
Nathan and Naomi are two Arcadian lovers.

In their shy meetings they express the life of the normal Bethulia.