Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Thou shalt not be the worse for me: there’s gold.

 

-Duke of Ilyria

Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will          Act V Scene 1, Line 26

 

The duke is talking to Feste, the clown. Feste, who’s listed in the play simply as ‘clown’, is a typical Shakespearean clown in that he is no clown. That is to say, though he plays the fool, he is one of the wiser people in the play. This can be exemplified by the fact that he’s just managed to talk the duke out of some gold, without hardly trying. Oh, to be such a fool!

 

Come to think of it, I may not have people handing me gold, but, I do okay. Call me Feste if you like.