I
had thought, my lord, to have learn’d his health of you.
-Henry Percy
King Richard II Act II, Scene iii, Line 24
Well this is a bit strange. The Totally Random line from
6/27 that I wrote yesterday’s post on was from the play Henry IV Part I. It was
the last line spoken by Henry Percy, aka Hotspur before he dies.
Today we are in the play Richard II. Like many of the
characters in Will’s history plays, Henry Percy’s character spans two or more
of the plays. Henry shows up first in Richard II, and as we found out
yesterday, he dies in Henry IV Part I. Well today’s Totally Random line (and I
assure you it is absolutely, positively, Totally Random) is Henry Percy’s first
line spoken in any of Will’s plays. So we’ve managed to pick his first and last
lines, and from two different plays. Well, actually it’s his last and first
lines, but still.
Oddly enough both lines are concerned with well-being.
Yesterday we were discussing Henry’s health; his imminent death and becoming
worm food. Today we’re discussing the health of Worcester, or rather the lack
of knowledge of Worcester’s health.
The last and the first.
Definite knowledge of death, lack of knowledge of life.
I think that’s just really interesting, and more than just a
bit ironic.
Comments? Oh come on now, someone’s got to have a comment on
this.
This is a Mobius band. If you cut it down the middle to try to make two bands you'll still end up with one band. So does it have a beginning? or an end? Or, much unlike Henry Percy, does it have neither?
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