APAD: Now is the winter of our discontent

Meaning:

    It express the idea that we have reached the depth of our unhappiness and

    that better times are ahead.

 

Background:

   `Now is the winter of our discontent', is the first line of Shakespeare's

   Richard III, 1594. It needs to be read together with the second line of the

   play `made glorious summer by this sun of York'. Shakespeare was using the

   summer/winter weather as a metaphor for the fortunes of the English House of

   York and its rivalry with the Plantagenets for the English throne. The `sun

   of York' wasn't of course a comment on Yorkshire weather but on the `son of

   York' Edward IV.

 

   So, what Richard is saying is that we are now at the depth of the winter but

   the son of York (Edward) is like the sun of Summer and good times are on the

   way.

 

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Richard III sounded more upbeat than the legendary old man who lost a horse.

Centuries later, Jocko Willink, of the Battle of Ramadi (Iraq War) fame,

summarizes his personal philosophy in one word, "Good."

 

 

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• Sun is on the way? Good ;-)) Rain is coming? Good ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 09:14:20

• There's a will there's a way. StandTogether&keepTheHope ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 09:16:11

• Passed out in a choke hold? Good. Learn better defense. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 09:16:54

• and learn to tap in time. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 09:17:34

• realist c oncoming warm promise&heats or drought. Like light -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:02:44

• @the end of a tunnel could b oncoming train -移花接木- ♂ (87 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:03:24

• Good;)) 4 those who can see both current&future -)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:05:59

• No one can see but some can gab :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:19:06

• might be they have an extra eye on forehead? Good! ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:21:05

• Actually just looked and found the Good :-)))) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (104 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 21:03:36

• Stance over speculation, as one never knows. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:17:02

• hope for the best, prepare for the worst -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 10:34:55

• Good. Inspiring. -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/12/2024 postreply 15:27:58