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Quote #10
SALOMÉ Well, I still live, but thou art dead, and thy head belongs to me. I can do with it what I will. I can throw it to the dogs and to the birds of the air. That which the dogs leave, the birds of the air shall devour… (375)
Ultimately, Salomé gains total power over Jokanaan; she has her way with him. For this, she pays the ultimate cost.