Salome
what means this sentence or refer to what? : "I have a crystal, into which it is not lawful for a woman to look, nor may young men behold it until they have been beaten with rods."
in Salome by Oscar Wilde: Herod recommend Salome instead of Yokanaan head get some jewels and say the words. what means " .. young men behold it untill they have been beaten by rod"? why yong men shuld be beaten by rod?