Tuesday, October 8, 2024

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

O, courage, courage, princes! Great Achilles

Is arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance:



Ulysses

Troilus And Cressida          Act V, Scene vi, Line 30

 

One of the many subplots in this play is about Achilles, the best fighter that the Greeks have, not wanting to fight anymore. Also, he’s got a group of soldiers called the myrmidons who only fight when he fights, so this has been a problem for the Greek leaders. Well now Patroclus has been killed and hacked up by the Trojans. Patroclus was the very good friend (most would say more than just friend) of Achilles, so now Achilles is on the warpath. That is the news that Ulysses is giving to the Greek leaders. It’s great news to them. Finally, their best fighter is arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance. What could be better?



Arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance: sounds like you when you get too hungry.

Yes Mojo, just like me.


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