Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Fear it not, sir: I would I were so sure
To win the king, as I am bold her honour
Will remain hers.
Posthumus Leonatus
Cymbeline Act II, Scene iv, Line 1
Posthumus is
saying that he’s sure that his wife will be faithful to him. He’s right, but
rat-fink Iachimo is going to show up in a minute and convince him otherwise.
I have to say,
Will certainly uses infidelity, whether real or assumed, as a major part of the
plot of so many of his plays! Off the top of my head, Othello, The Winter’s
Tale, Much Ado About Nothing… well that’s all I can come up with right now. I
bet, though, that if I went through the list of his plays I’d come up with a
few more.
Well, if you
think about it, jealousy is one of the strongest of human emotions. Interesting
to think about, isn’t it? It should be love, or maybe grief, but I’m not so
sure. Jealousy is very strong. I guess Will knew that. Yes sir, I would love to
sit down to a dinner with this guy.
When, oh when, is this guy going to realize that William Shakespeare died four hundred years ago, and dead people don't come to dinner. When?
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