Today’s Totally Random Lines
I have
trusted thee, Camilo,
With all the nearest things to my heart, as well
My chamber-councils; wherein, priest-like, thou
Hast cleansed my bosom,- I from thee departed
The pentinent reform’d: but we have been
Deceived in thy integrity, deceived
In that which seems so.
Leontes
The Winter’s Tale Act I, Scene ii, Line 240
This is where Leontes first goes off the rails. He has decided just now not only that his wife is cheating on him, but also that his true and trusted advisor Camillo is at fault for not realizing it as well.
The truth of the matter is that Leontes’s wife is not cheating on him, Camillo is true and wise, and Leontes is an idiot. I was going to say chowderhead, but that’s way too nice a term. I need something quite a bit stronger than that, and idiot seems pretty good.
So that’s today’s conclusion: Leontes is an idiot.
2 comments:
I mean, to blame someone else for not realizing that your wife is cheating... I didn't even need the second paragraph to realize that Leontes is an idiot.
Yes, Leontes is a bit off the wall.
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