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lil · 4085 days ago · link · · parent · post: Lil's Book of Questions: Whither Shakespeare? To Get Hooked on Shakespeare, Where Should I Start?
Mercutio - Thanks for that. In these various posts, I'm trying to express a lifelong relationship with Shakespeare. It seems you have one too. As far as naming your son, Mercutio is out, but August is still in the running? I met an August yesterday - Augustus actually - a 10-year-old boy from Argentina. He seems to like his name just fine. Here's a line I often thought about when I was breaking off with someone, also from Brutus:the internal struggle Brutus has had and is going to have is summed up in this line too. That's a haunting thing to hear if you're Brutus.
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.