Mojo, The Bard, & Me

The French, my lord; men’s mouths are full of it:

-Bastard

King John                                    Act IV, scene ii, line 61

This is Bastard’s response to King John’s question, Hear’st thou the news abroad, who are arrived? That’s right, the Frenchies have landed in England and are on the warpath.

There’s just a ton of stuff going on here in this scene, way more than I really want to get into on a Friday morning. So, what should we talk about? Men’s mouths? Hear’st thou? Nothing? Well, nothing will come of nothing. And that, of course, shoots us right into Lear, which is not where we are. 

Oh boy.

 

Now at first glance, this may look pretty much like a picture of nothing, or at the very least, not much. But if you zoom in on the grass you'll  see something/someone. No, it's not the Frenchies, but it's not nothing either.