Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Merely awry: when he did love his country,

It honour’d him.

-Junius Brutus

Coriolanus                      Act III, scene i, line 304

 

The crowd, led by the two tribunes Sicinius Veletus and Junius Brutus, is calling for the head of Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Menenius Agrippa, the voice of reason, is trying to calm the crowds by telling them that Coriolanus fought and bled to defend Rome and that if he were now to be killed by Romans it would be a mark of dishonour against Rome that would last to the end of the world. Sicinius says that’s absolutely wrong, and Junius follows him up with Today’s Totally Random Line.

I guess I now realize why this play is not taught in high schools: the representation of Sicinius and Junius is so like today’s politicians that it would not be allowed.

Quel dommage.

The summer growth, the patio furniture, and a migrating flamingo have taken over quite a bit of the view outside my cellar office window. Thinking about the state of our nation's politics and realizing that this sorry state hasn't changed in centuries (and probably never will- it's part of the human condition) is a bit depressing. So I'm posting a pic that's got nothing to do with that. Can you blame me?