[Originally posted in a private space, 2021-05-31.]
i present to you: “Kinky Shakespeare”, in which i recklessly (mis)quote The Bard so as to effect an impression mayhaps not intended by His Eloquenceness. (What is it about Act II, Scene I?)
Helena: Demetrius, the more you beat me, I will fawn on you.
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I
Fang: I care not for his thrust.
Hostess: No, nor I neither; I'll be at your elbow.
Fang: An I but fist him once ...
— Henry IV, Part II, Act II, Scene I
Menenius: The wounds become him ... Has he disciplin'd Aufidius soundly?
Volumnia: ... Aufidius got off.
— Coriolanus, Act II, Scene I
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