Salome

in Salome by Oscar Wilde in at the end of drama after cutting the Yokanaan's head Salome talks to Yokanaan's head ans says "...Love only should one consider." what is the meaning of this sentence.

"... the mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.Love only one should consider." what Salome wants to say by this sentence" Love only one should consider."
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In Salome, the main character, Salome talks to the severed head of her former love interest. She tells it: "... the mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.Love only one should consider."

She is musing that death is not a great mystery, like everyone says. She says that love is the one great mystery that none fully understand or can hope to understand. This comes after she's killed someone that she longed for, but couldn't have. So, in spite, she killed that which she loved.