Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

I’ll bear thee hence; and let them fight that will,

For I have murder’d where I should not kill.

 

Father

King Henry the Sixth Part III       Act II, Scene v, Line 121

 

Well this is a sad scene. King Henry is standing alone on the battlefield whilst the battle rages. He’s lamenting that he’s king and wishes that he were a simple peasant, because they don't have to deal with the stuff that a king does. Then a young man comes up with a dead body, someone he just killed in battle. He suddenly realizes that the guy he killed is his own father. Then an older guy comes up, also with a dead body of someone he killed in battle. He soon realizes that it’s his own son.

So these two guys lament life, war, and pretty much everything whilst Henry looks on. Today’s lines are the last lines of the Father before he leaves the scene carrying his son’s body.

I listened to the scene this morning. As I said, pretty sad, and a pretty good commentary on the absolute misery and wastefulness of war.

Ayyyyyy! He killed his own son!?!

Yes Mojo; I told you it was sad.