Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

                                O virtuous fight,

When right with right wars who shall be most right!

 

Troilus

Troilus and Cressida     Act III Scene ii, Line 169

I’m tempted to just go with today’s line on it’s own, without any context whatsoever, because it’s a pretty thought provoking question.

Well, leave it to me, I couldn’t leave well enough alone. Yup, I had to listen to/read the scene. Now I’m just confused. According to the scene summary that I have, Troilus and Cressida confess their love and swear fidelity to one another. The problem? Too much talk! It's confusing!

Whoa, hold on there: is Cheshire’s biggest Shakespeare lover complaining about too many Shakespeare words? Is that even possible?

 

 

Don’t bother listening to him; it’s a trick question. The answer is no, it's not possible. Trust me; I live with this kook. I know.

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did.

[Throwing down the Duke of Somerset’s head]

 

Richard

King Henry the Sixth Part III    Act I Scene i, Line 16

I included the stage direction with today’s line because I thought it would spice up Today’s Totally Random Line which was, otherwise, a bit boring. Also, it gives us a pretty good idea what Richard did, without getting into a lot of context.

“Tell ‘em what I did,” he said, tossing the severed head of Somerset to the ground at their feet.

  “Well it seems pretty obvious what you did, Dick, unless you’ve got something more interesting to tell us about; more interesting than having cut off Somerset’s head?”

Severed Head?