Today’s Totally Random
Lines
I dare not say I take you ; but I give
Me and my service, ever whilst I live,
Into your guiding power.- This is the man.
Helena
All’s Well That Ends
Well Act II, Scene iii, Line 104
Perhaps I should tell you what’s going on here.
The king was dying
until Helen came in and saved him with a miracle cure. Helen is the daughter of
a late and great physician; that makes her a commoner. The king, in his
gratitude to Helen, tells her that she may pick any one of the men in court
(counts, and nobles, and such) to marry. She goes down the line and speaks to
four men telling them that she won’t be picking them. Then she comes to Bertram
and gives us today’s line. So it looks like Betram is the lucky winner of a
wife. The only problem is that Betram wants no part of Helen:
A poor physician’s
daughter my wife!- Disdain
Rather
corrupt me ever!
And now we have the set up for the rest of the play. The king will insist, so what will Bertram do? What will Helen do? Will they marry and live happily ever after? Or will all sorts of shenanigans take place? I guess you’ll have to experience the play to find out.
I wish some girl with amazing healing powers would want to marry me. This Bertam guy sounds like a real dick.
Mojo! Language!
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