With stronger blood, we should have answer’d heavenīoldly ‘not guilty ’ the imposition clear’d We were as twinn’d lambs that did frisk i’ the sun,Īnd bleat the one at the other: what we changedĪnd our weak spirits ne’er been higher rear’d Two lads that thought there was no more behind Of my lord’s tricks and yours when you were boys: To be your prisoner should import offending īut your kind hostess. Look at photos of various bits of hand-holding.īut, back to the text! Let’s just read the next section: We’re going to have to decide how much flirting…And we have to remember Leontes, standing near but not in the conversation, watching it unfold.Īs the not-so-State-visit of the Unmentionable has unfolded before our eyes this last few days, I couldn’t help remember the play, these moments of strange cross-over between public and state affairs and the private. This she has done, by entreaty, gentle word play, perhaps a little flirting.
Leontes has failed to persuade Polixenes to stay a little longer and has asked his Queen, Hermione, to try to win him. Last time, we were reading the moment when Hermione takes on the challenge of persuading Polixenes to stay longer.
Look up The Winter’s Tale in the search box to get the feel of how we’re reading and what’s been happening. And life in various ways mends itself and comes back to him. If you are new to this group, welcome – it’s a reading of Shakespeare’s great play about a man who wrecks his own life and lives with the consequences. Myrtle in the back garden – literally buzzing with bees – you can’t see them but there are hundreds 11 July 2018
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