Today’s Totally Random Lines
Why sir, I pray, are not the streets as
free
For me as for you?
Tranio and Gremio
The Taming of the Shrew Act I, Scene ii, Line 49
I had to put
all of this, though it’s spoken by two different guys, because it’s one line.
Here’s a little context to make some sense of it.
I’m pretty sure that, even without having read this blog previously, you should have some knowledge of this play. It’s about Petruchio wooing Katharina, the titular shrew. What you might not know is that she has a younger, sweeter, prettier sister named Bianca who everyone else wants to woo. In this scene Hortensio and Gremio, two of Bianca’s suitors are present when Lucentio and Tranio show up. Lucentio is one more guy who has an interest in Bianca, and Tranio is his servant. When Gremio realizes that Lucentio is another rival for Bianca he tells these two guys to get lost. That’s where Today’s exchange takes place.
Okay, now go
back and read Today’s Lines knowing that Gremio had just told Tranio and Lucentio
to get you hence (get lost).
Gremio is replying to Tranio's question about the streets being a free place, by saying
that whilst the streets are free for anyone, Bianca is not. Got it?
Any questions.
Yes, I have a question: Do you have to talk out loud when you're just talking to yourself? There's no one else in the room, and I'm trying to sleep in here!
Why sir, I pray, is not this room as free
For me as for you?
But so is not... um...
Oh could you just put a sock on it?
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