Comments on: Now Is NOT The Winter of Our Discontent

By: Gedaly

Gedaly — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:56:21 +0000

Richard is referring to both a son and the sun. The son of York is his elder brother, who is the son of the Duke of York. But there’s the wordplay with a Son/Sun coming out and making summer. The crest of York also happens to have the Sun on it.

If I were editing a text, I would not print “sun” as in the Cambridge edition. When one speaks the words, the sound is no different to the audience, but it’s important that the double meaning is understood no matter the spelling.

By: dex88T

dex88T — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:53:42 +0000

Re: “this son of York” . My Cambridge edition has printed “this sun of York” which seems to make more sense given that he is alone on stage and his following line(s) refer to weather effects. Am I benighted? Has my text erred? What say you kind sir?

By: Bj Maxwell

Bj Maxwell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:05:56 +0000

Maybe Folks Will Think About What You Say Here, When They Want to Use Scripture To Justify What They Are Doing.

‘Judge Not, Lest You Be Judged.’ (Matt. 7:1ff)

The Context, Not Just The Whole Sentence Is About Those With Logs In Their Eyes Not Judging Those With Specks In Theirs.

For Those That Don’t Know, A Log Is Bigger Than A Speck.

In Other Words Don’t Judge If You Are Worse Off Than The One That You Are Judging.

It Has Nothing To Do Whether One Should Judge Or Not.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:50:32 +0000

Reminds me of a sermon my brother heard once where the pastor talked about the quote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave.” He said it was about building webs of friendship to support us in times of trouble. Uh, yeah. The rest of the quote is “…when first we practice to deceive.”

I know, not Shakespeare, but it made me think of it. I enjoyed the post.