Today’s Totally Random Line(s)
Signior
Baptist, my business asketh haste,
And
every day I cannot come to woo.
You
knew my father well; and in him me,
Left
solely heir to all his lands and goods,
Which
I have better’d rather than decreased:
Then
tell me,— if I get your daughter’s love,
What
dowry shall I have with her to wife?
-Petruchio
The Taming of the Shrew
Act II, Scene i, Line 120
And Baptista assures Petruchio a satisfactory dowry, so it’s pretty much a done deal; all over but the crying. And the taming, of course.
We’re at the beginning of Act II. It’s an odd little play, and I think it requires a bit of work to figure out. If you go into it looking for a play about nothing more than chauvinism and women being mistreated, then that’s probably what you’ll find. But if you go into it with an open mind, well there might be a little, or perhaps a lot, more for you to encounter. Perhaps.
But doesn’t that apply to so many things in life?
Well, I wanted to use a pic today that was representative of the question I ended today's post with. But I just couldn't come up with any ideas.
So... no pic for today.
Sorry.
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