Wednesday, July 4th. The Independence Day Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

[Aristus]

"...to the love and favor of my country
Commit myself, my person, and the cause."

Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 1, Lines 58-59.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank you, my dear Aristus!

This is perfect.

I love how you always find the perfect quote. And this one is from a play not many have read, I'm guessing. I never read it...

Happy Fourth to you and yours!

[Aristus]

4. It's one of Will earliest plays. Certainly his most gruesome.

It's like a combination of "Braveheart" and "Night Of The Living Dead". It is as if he pulled out all of the stops in his hopes for a box office hit.

Some critics consider it his worst play; there are even those who think some other playwright wrote it, because it is so bloody, and sordid, and "un-Shakespeare-like". To those I say: read the scene of Gloucester's blinding from "King Lear"; undoubtedly Shakespeare, and indisputably one of his most harrowing scenes.

As far as I know, only two screen versions have been produced. The videotaped BBC version from the 1980's, and the Anthony Hopkins film Titus. Even devout Shakespeareans really don't like this play!

[livetohike]

2. Happy 4th of July Aristus

Thanks for the WSTFTD .

[Aristus]

5. For you: anything... ;-)

Happy 4th to you, as well!

[livetohike]

9. Aww

[Aristus]

10. Oh!...hi!...

[sarge43]

3. Thank you, Aristus. Perfect as always.

Happy 4th.

[Aristus]

6. Thanks, sarge.

Happy 4th to you.

[femmocrat]

7. Thank you, Aristus!

Very inspiring! Hope you had a wonderful holiday (and had the day off!)

[Aristus]

8. Yes and no; had the day off from clinic, but I was on call.

Got two calls, both from the same guy, trying to shake me down for narcotics. He stopped calling once he realized he wasn't getting them.