Conversation Piece - Monday, December 8, 2008
"Oh, come not near me, sir; I shall defile you.
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monster-In-Law (bad movie, appropriate title)
I pretty much agree with what has been said so far, I would just like to add that Volumnia seems a little too full of herself, like any good mother-in-law should be. She mentions her great love for her son and country and even a similarity between herself and Hecuba, or at least that is how I read it. To me it seems that she thinks of herself as a this great queen who gave rise to such a great man and that she sees Coriolanus as just another reminder of how much better she is than her son's wife Virgilia.
