Just had to share at least part of the amazing play of Othello that we're doing in English at the moment!:
'Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars
That make ambition virtue! O, farewell!
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!
Othello, 3. 3'
Try saying that out loud to yourself -
It sounds so magnificent and pompous!!
Icthus
'Wisdom is better than rubies.'
Proverbs, 8. 11.
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"Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!"
ReplyDeleteReading this, I can't help but notice the direct parallels between this scene and the first where Iago describes Othello "as loving his own pride and purposes/Evad[ing even the high court of Venice – and, in the end, even his own wife, Desdemona although this is less relevant here –] with a bombast circumstance/[and other speeches] Horribly stuffed with epithets of war". I suppose this also ties in with "Desdemona lov[ing him] for the dangers [he] had passed" rather than for his own personality. Unless you consider the battles he was thrust into, a direct part of his being (they aren't by the by (=P), though they may have influenced the character he becomes).
Just thought I'd care to share some views there schmuffin. ^^
I only type the truth (sometimes). But thanks =P x
ReplyDelete"Speak to me as to thy thinkings,
ReplyDeleteAs thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words." Act III Scene:III
Does anyone say it better than Shakespeare?
Hang on just one moment, I was brag– telling you that I had a blog when he was blabbing on about them at 11 at night! =P
ReplyDeleteBut yes I do. And not many people know about it because…it's mine. Or something like that. ^^ x