Thursday, September 18, 2008

"Off with their heads!!!"

"These barons lay their heads on blocks together."
Act 3.3.54

Being beheaded makes another appearance. Baldock makes this reference to the chopping block. I find it interesting because they note that social status is so important. So, by chopping their heads off, they symbolically and comically get "lowered" in their essential rankings as well as die.

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