Sunday, May 4, 2025

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

Think you not on him till to-morrow: I’ll devise thee brave punishment for him – Strike up, pipers!

[Dance. Exeunt.]

 

Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing             Act V, Scene iv, Line 128

 

It’s the last line of the play. Benedick is reacting to the messenger who’s said that they’ve caught the former’s brother, John, and they’re bringing him back to Messina. John is the villain of the play and without him there wouldn’t have been Much Ado, the play would have been mostly About Nothing. So, I guess they should have been talking about rewarding John instead of punishing him. Right?



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