Today’s Totally Random
Lines
All this I see; and I see that the fashion
wears out more apparel than the man. But art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion
too, that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of the fashion?
Conrade
Much Ado About Nothing Act III, Scene iii, Line 140
Conrade is speaking with his buddy Borachio. The latter is about to explain to Conrade how he was involved with the scheme to make Claudio think that his fiancĂ©, Hero, was unfaithful to him. However, he begins the tale with this long winded thing about fashion. Honestly, it’s a bit much. It’s fashion this, and fashion that. I think there’s supposed to be humor here, but it’s a bit hard to flesh out; at least for me it is.
Anyway, it
seems like Conrade is of the same mind as me since he seems to be telling
Borachio just that, …thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of
the fashion.
In any event, Borachio apparently takes the hint, and after this line he goes into the tale of what he did concerning Hero.
Now that’s a
funny name for a woman: Hero. Don’t you think?
Oy! Mr. B.!
Are you trying to get us killed?
Maybe you could just let me drive, instead of distracting me with this nonsense?
Hero, Shmero!
