Today’s Totally Random
Lines
To
dispossess tht child that which is not his?
Robert
Falcounbridge
King John Act
I, Scene i, Line 130
It’s a funny little part of this scene where these two brothers show up in front of the king looking for his judgement. It’s a case of inheritance and with one of the brothers going simply by the name of Bastard, well, I guess you might be able to get a sense of what the issue is.
Anyway, Robert Faulcounbridge, the other brother
and today’s speaker, will quickly go away and not be seen again, whilst Bastard
will be a major player in this play. Yes, that’s right, Bastard.
Go figure.
It’s funny what we, as individuals notice. I mean that it’s funny how two people subjected to the same scene, or song, or pretty much any experience, will have have different experiences. For one person the name Bastard will be meaningless and they may be more interested in the name Falcounbridge (that is a pretty interesting name), and for another Bastard might be grabber. But it’s true with everything.
A grocery store stop,
‘That place was empty today; where is
everybody?’
‘I was too busy noticing the prices; when did
milk get that expensive?’
A new person you just met,
‘Did you get a hold of those glasses he was
wearing?’
‘What glasses? I couldn’t take my eyes off
those wild looking sandals on his feet.’
It’s everything. Shared experiences are just one Bastard vs Robert Falcounbridge after another.
2 comments:
It's funny you should say that because I was thinking that I had a home-ec teacher by the name of Mrs Falconbridge (different spelling) and I always though her last name was wild. Now I feel like her name as an origin story.
My eyes are caught by the colorful tapestries!
Ah, the tapestries. I didn't notice them.
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