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Aristus

(66,380 posts) Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:32 PM Jan 2013

Tuesday, January 1st. William Shakespeare's Thought For New Year's Day.

"Thou art not honest; or
If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward."

The Winter's Tale, Act I, Scene 2, Lines 243-244.

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Tuesday, January 1st. William Shakespeare's Thought For New Year's Day. (Original Post) Aristus Jan 2013 OP

It's so sad, he looks like he's going to cry. Denninmi Jan 2013 #1

Hey! Aristus Jan 2013 #2

Thanks, Aristus, Same to You. Denninmi Jan 2013 #4

That photo is... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #3

Back at ya, pinboy3niner! Aristus Jan 2013 #6

Thank you, my dear Aristus! What a great start to the New Year! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #5

LOL Good one! femmocrat Jan 2013 #7

No kidding. The only way I would ever turn my back to Cantor Aristus Jan 2013 #8

When I see him I think of a line from King Richard III Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #9

"Off with his head; so much for Buckingham." Aristus Jan 2013 #10

King Lear with a happy ending. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #11

Yeah. Apparantly Lear regains his throne, and Cordelia marries Edgar. Aristus Jan 2013 #12

Now I can understand taking the idea of the story and play with it. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #13

Yeah, there's something appealing about Vlad Drakul being portrayed as a noble, tragic hero. Aristus Jan 2013 #14

Sleep well Aristus. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #15

Thank you for the dream catcher. Aristus Jan 2013 #16

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)

1. It's so sad, he looks like he's going to cry.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:03 PM

Jan 2013

Ah, the Weeper of the House.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

2. Hey!

Reply to Denninmi (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:05 PM

Jan 2013

Happy New Year!

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)

4. Thanks, Aristus, Same to You.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:12 PM

Jan 2013

It's a good day in Michigan. Sunny, about 25 degrees, stiff wind.

I'm going out to do some "stuff" -- I decided to start jogging, going to try to go to the end of my street and back without dying, a mere half mile. Then I'm going riding in the ice and snow. Instead of water or G2 in my Camelbak water bottle, it's going to be chocolate FastFuel (a protein drink) made with hot almond milk. Kind of improvised hot chocolate.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. That photo is...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:08 PM

Jan 2013

...scary!

Happy New Year, brother!

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

6. Back at ya, pinboy3niner!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 10:36 PM

Jan 2013

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)

5. Thank you, my dear Aristus! What a great start to the New Year!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:22 PM

Jan 2013

He is so pathetic.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

7. LOL Good one!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 11:14 PM

Jan 2013

He looks like he is worried about "Brutus" Cantor sneaking up on him!

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

8. No kidding. The only way I would ever turn my back to Cantor

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 11:31 PM

Jan 2013

would be to moon him!...

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

9. When I see him I think of a line from King Richard III

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 11:51 PM

Jan 2013

"Off with his head!"
Act III, Scene IV

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

10. "Off with his head; so much for Buckingham."

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:54 AM

Jan 2013

Will never actually wrote that line. It was inserted into the play in the 18th Century by a third-rate actor named Colley Cibber. Back then, I guess it was much more accepted for actors and producers to play fast-and-loose with the text, creating mis-applied text that survives to this day.

One theater director even re-wrote King Lear to give it a happy ending! It wasn't necessary to do that to Shakespeare's script; there were probably 40 or more versions of the play he could have amended. But the Shakespeare name is what sold tickets.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

11. King Lear with a happy ending.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:58 AM

Jan 2013

That is just wrong. That is like taking Romeo and Juliet, keeping everything that was written including the time era and then change the ending. Just wrong!

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

12. Yeah. Apparantly Lear regains his throne, and Cordelia marries Edgar.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:01 AM

Jan 2013

And everybody lives happily ever after.

Sure, lacking the sorrow of all those tragic deaths, but also lacking the grandeur of Lear redemptive self-knowledge...

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

13. Now I can understand taking the idea of the story and play with it.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:19 AM

Jan 2013

But to take the story and do things like that is just wrong. Francis Ford Coppola did an OK job with Dracula, but still the original still holds my heart more.