Shaka Zulu (1986)

Edward Fox: Lt. Francis Farewell

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• Shaka : [their final meeting before Shaka's return to his capital, where Shaka will be assassinated by his own aunt]  ... Tell me - How do you catch a monkey?

  Lt. Francis Farewell : Well, a gourd is used... with a narrow neck. Bait is dropped into the gourd: a piece of fruit, or - or something shiny. The monkey puts his hand into the gourd to get the bait, and then he's trapped... because he can't get his fist out.

  Shaka : Once he realizes he's trapped, why doesn't the monkey let go of the bait?

  Lt. Francis Farewell : Because his greed makes him blind.

  Shaka : And what is he greedy for?

  Lt. Francis Farewell : What he thinks he cannot have.

  Shaka : And now - What new bait have you brought for this monkey? Something shiny? Like the freshness of youth? Or lost love?

  Lt. Francis Farewell : ...Hating my people is not the answer. Together, we can find another way.

  Shaka : No. You have already proven that you were never with me. You are a shadow, a man without a nation. Go. I have no need for you anymore.

  Lt. Francis Farewell : GO? Go where? WHERE can I go?

  Shaka : Where *I* have been.