Apollo pardon
My
great profaneness ‘gainst thine oracle.
-Leontes
The Winter’s Tale Act III Scene ii, Line 152
Leontes is a
pretty big butthead. In this scene he has just ignored a proclamation from the
Oracle of Apollo and has been rewarded for his profaneness by having
his son die. It really doesn’t pay to go against the gods, and Leontes is finding
that out the hard way.
Literature, especially
the really old stuff, is littered with the bodies of the many Leontes who went
against the will of the gods. It just doesn’t pay.
And we're still swearing on the bible today, aren't we?
1 comment:
I love that every post you have a different description for a rat-fink butthead.
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