Re: The Demonization of Shakespeare

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Oh wait, there's Henry V which is all about embracing enemies and other
cultures like the French.... at least once you get to the ending.

For certain values of "embrace":

    We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us;
    His present and your pains we thank you for.
    When we have match'd our rackets to these balls, 
    We will in France, by God's grace, play a set
    Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
    ....

    And tell the pleasant Prince this mock of his 
    Hath turn'd his balls to gun-stones, and his soul
    Shall stand sore charged for the wasteful vengeance
    That shall fly with them; for many a thousand widows
    Shall this his mock mock of their dear husbands;
    Mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down;
    And some are yet ungotten and unborn
    That shall have cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn.


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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada