Sunday, September 9, 2012

Merchant of Venice Quote

(II. ii. 56-60) "Talk not of Master Launcelot,/father, for the young gentleman, according to fates/and destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three/and such branches of learning, is indeed deceased, or,/as you would say in plain terms, gone to Heaven."

This quote stood out to me because it seems like the epitome of Launcelot. He uses four lines to say something he could say in one line, and nothing he is saying to his dad here is really important or truthful. He could say "Master Launcelot is deceased," but instead he has to mention the Sisters Three for some reason and then he mixes up which term for dead is plain terms and which term is not. However, I think the worst part of this is the fact that he's trying to convince his dad that he died.

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