Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

I do protest I never injured thee,

But love thee better than thou canst devise

Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.

 

Romeo

Romeo and Juliet           Act III Scene i, Line 70

 

Tybalt, a Capulet, is trying to pick a fight with Romeo, a Montague. Romeo, who has just secretly married Juliet, a Capulet, is trying to talk Tybalt down. The reason that he loves Tybalt is that he is now related to him by marriage. Of course, he can’t tell Tybalt this.

In case you want to know what happens, he does manage to talk Tybalt down. Well, almost, but then Romeo’s buddy Mercutio the hothead (no relation to Hotspur) steps in and picks up the fight with Tybalt. Romeo tries to break this up, but swords are drawn and Mercutio gets killed. Tybalt runs away, but comes back a little later and Romeo kills him. So now two guys are dead, and Romeo’s on the run.

What started out with Romeo telling the guy who was picking a fight that he loved him, ends up with two guys dead. So much for trying to be a peace maker, eh?

 

 

Lovers, not fighters: Both of us.

(Unless someone tries to steal that In-N-Out burger)