Totally Random Daily Shakespeare

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

                I am sure,

Though you can guess what temperance should be,

You know not what it is.

 

                                               Wherefore is this?

 

Mark Antony/Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra        Act III, Scene xiii, Line 122

 

That’s Mark Antony with the first part, and Cleopatra answering Wherefore is this? Remember, wherefore is why, it has nothing to do with where. I’m not quite sure if Cleopatra is talking to Antony, asking why she doesn’t know what temperance is, or whether she’s talking to herself and saying why is he ranting? I’m pretty sure it’s the former because Antony does answer her, though I’m not quite clear what he’s saying in that answer. It’s for sure that he’s ranting, though, and pretty much telling her what a whore she is, so it would make perfect sense that she would be talking to herself.

Well, I listened to this scene, and I’m still not one hundred per cent sure if she’s talking to Antony or to herself. Wherefore is this? Well, it’s because…um…I’m not sure; I just don’t know.

The lighting on this elephant that's marching across the window sill on the other side of the room from where I was sitting this morning, really struck me.

 Wherefore is this? Again, I'm not sure; I just don't know.