--- In [email protected], "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very good, Judy, but actually, Feste is in Twelfth Night, not King > Lear.
You are absolutely correct. So much for *my* scholarship! But you > are right about the wisdom part. Feste is a very non-attached character in that > play; he knows everything that is going on but belongs nowhere and doesn't > care to. He also has the last word in the play -- another reason why he is a > particular friend of mine . . . Shakespeare's "Fools" are extraordinary. I've often wondered whether Shakespeare was enlightened, and his Fools seem to me to suggest that he was. > btw, your admirable attempt to hold the line on "lie" rather > than "lay" is I fear doomed to failure. The battle has been lost > and I see no way of reversing it. You could be right, but as an editor it's my dharma to continue the struggle. > I am concentrating my efforts these days on "off of," which I > regard as an abomination on a par with . . . no, better not get > into that. <grin> > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > Feste is actually a German word meaning "strong" or "mighty," as > > in "Ein' > > > feste Burg ist unser Gott" ("A mighty fortress is our God.") > > > > FWIW, Feste is also the name of Shakespeare's wisest > > Fool, the one who attends King Lear. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], foufou_fl <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 4) No, I do not agree that a poster's moniker detracts from the > > > > content of their post. Otherwise, I would have long ago been > > detracted > > > > from the insights of your posts -- intended and not --- by the > > > > similarity of your name and "festing sore". > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
