WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE -3
Perhaps not being seized
of the intricacies of Shakespeare –the playwright, some of our blog-viewer
friends readily acknowledged Shakespeare’s simplicity over that of Milton. In
my little understanding, any poet /playwright can be elegantly simple or
eloquently complex as and when the situation warrants. I was duly surprised
that simplicity was ascribed to Shakespeare, for, I have been of the belief
that Shakespeare can simply complicate or can leave a thing so simple –a forte
of his. I trust, that the day’s
compilation would justify my contention about the playwright for his elegance
in complexity.
To
climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first
The quote suggests
caution in accomplishing a task by proceeding carefully. It is like going
up-hill; early efforts should be steady to avoid ‘burn out or exhaustion.
I
am too old to fawn upon a nurse .Too far in years to be a pupil now.
The utterance is a
specific expression to explain the situation of a character in the play in Richard II. After a certain age it is
too difficult to become an infant and learn new things including a new
language. Indirectly, it means that in a new land an alien would be forced into
silence [not being able to communicate].
Would
I were in an ale house in London
This utterance portrays
the disturbed mind of a soldier who is in the thick of war where only hate
rules and has just no respect for life. Instead being in this wretched uncertain
battlefield, I wish I were in a beer shop in London peacefully sipping a drink
Tis
now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself
breathes out contagion to this world.
This is a very specific
situation in ‘Hamlet’. It tries to narrate the harsh horrifying night when evil
spirits and witches pervade in the air spreading bad into the world. It tries
to suggest link between dark and evil. It is mind’s visualization of society.
Uneasy
lies the head that wears a crown
It is an all-time truth
trying to relate power and the agony that goes with. Wearing the crown of
authority is indeed an act of misery in that the power vested in someone, robs the very person
of peace and happiness by imposing heavy responsibility and a perpetual sense
of insecurity from a range of persons scheming against the authority. Being a
King is more than an agony and discomfort.
To Continue ……
