Today’s Totally Random Line(s)
O your sweet queen!
That
the strict fates had pleas’d you had brought her hither
To
have blest mine eyes with her!
-Dionyza
Pericles Act III, Scene iii, Line 8
Pericles is leaving his infant
daughter with King Cleon and his wife Dionyza whilst he goes off on more
adventures. They promise to care for her as if she were their own, Dionyza declaring
how blest her eyes are just to have seen the baby. But of course, it’s not
going to work out quite as well as Pericles may have hoped for.
This is one of Will’s plays that doesn’t really fit into the Comedy or Drama category. It’s mostly an adventure with a little romance, and it’s got a happy ending. This play wasn’t included in the First Folio, where all the plays were categorized as Comedy, History, or Drama. I believe the Shakespeare scholars already have a fourth category that they use. I’ve heard the term Problem Plays, and also Romance Plays.
I’m not sure either of these works
for Pericles. Perhaps we’ll have to come up with our own category
name. Pericles starts with incest, includes betrayal and
adventure, and has a happy ending. Anyone? I’m open to suggestions.
Okay, so yesterday it was wagging eyelids, and today it's blest eyes. Seems like the eyes have it. And yet, I've got no good eye pics. I promise, if there's eyes again tomorrow we'll have a pic.
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