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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 3036525, member: 77066&quot;]Well you, <i>very impressively</i> (I might add),&nbsp; DID come back rather quickly with the best line from the beginning of that particular act/scene.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I on the other hand had to look up the act do a cursory recall/memory read on google for about 3 seconds,&nbsp; then remember the last time I saw R+J performed in Millenium Park outdoors by a&nbsp; free but professional, company&#039;s (strictly adhering to the original &quot;unrevised &quot;for the times&quot; dialogue), in which BENVOLIO&#039;s peacemaking through weapons statement actually hit home with the other, much more liberal side of my brain which had last read the act way back in H.S. had erroneously concluded peace by sword was ridiculous.&nbsp; Even if there were two rival families in Verona so entrenched in a hatred for one another I thought, how will more violence ever solve this feud.</p><p><br /></p><p>But &quot;this&quot; BENVOLIO, played by someone who knew how to express it in the Bard&#039;s intended* way made me realize over 20 years after I read it in High School, how necessary the sword can be, in maintaining order in the presence of a silly nonverbal &quot;insult&#039; ready to ignite a powder keg of violence that could have easily engulfed all of Verona.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it was just one of those moments of awakening for me.&nbsp; I also had just gotten into collecting SLQ&#039;s and the symbolism on its face became apparent, as well the the allegorical figure of justice with her sword, scale and blindfold.&nbsp; Such a simple but delayed lesson for a then 20 something young man patiently waiting for his train to arrive while enjoying shakespeare in the park. I still remember it as it were yesterday...they say that moments that have lasting impact on ones memory are often strongly tied to emotion... and mine was one of being enthralled at by how wrong I was in my rather cloudy understanding of the great works in the environment of High School tomfoolery and misspent youth.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><u><b>But when I said where is he, when you need him....</b></u></i></p> <p style="text-align: center">I meant mainly in forums such as this one in which anonymity allows many to think nothing of tossing around insults merely to get a reaction and the attention that has given rise to the newly coined meaning of the word &quot;troll&quot;.&nbsp; His figurate sword in the form of &quot;forum rules&quot; is a symbol that I think should have to be electronically signed like an honor code pledge, signed and rewritten in ones own hand before entrance into a place such as a public forum.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>* Who can say how the Bard actually intended this rather insignificant characters remarks, other than a setup for the more central story of the work&#039;s two main characters.&nbsp; But what I happened to take from it; a lesson that being wrong can be a great illuminating experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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