Shakespeare Words
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Bloody
Popularized in Henry IV Part 2“ | Why, 'tis well known that, whiles I was protector, | |
| Pity was all the fault that was in me; | ||
| For I should melt at an offender's tears, | ||
| And lowly words were ransom for their fault. | ||
| Unless it were a bloody murderer, | ||
| Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, | ||
| I never gave them condign punishment: | ||
| Murder indeed, that bloody sin, I tortured | ” |
Shakespeare might not have invented the word, but he was pretty obsessed with blood. He came up with blood-stained, blood-sucking, cold-blooded, and hot-blooded. Was his middle name Dexter? |
Tag: Henry IV Part 2