Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

The fardel there? What’s i’the fardel? Wherefore that box.

 

Autoclycus

The Winter’s Tale          Act IV, Scene iii, Line 764

The fardel. Well now, that’s a kind of funny sounding word, isn’t it? Believe it or not, it’s in the online Merriam Webster. It’s a bundle or a burden. Perhaps you recognize it from the famous To be, or not to be soliloquy: Who would fardels bear. 

And also remember that wherefore is why, not where. Wherefore art thou Romeo meant Why are you Romeo (and not someone that my family won’t hate)? 

So basically, Today’s Line is That bundle there, what’s in it? And why that box? Pretty simple, eh?   

Now, I almost hate to say it, but I really think we should start using fardel. I mean, wherefore not?

No fardels here!

Not a care in the world for these two.