A Wonderful Find ...

[Rick Smith]

(03-27-2014 10:59 AM)Francis Farrell Wrote:  : What advantage did he from his point of view have from being shot or arrested, tried, and hanged rather than "directing" his end himself?"

Might I propose that Mr. Booth did in fact direct the final scene?

Macbeth, Antony, Hamlet all choose the ending for themselves. all to the event any of are - were masters of their own fate.

Booth chose to make it an end fitting for the tragedian. he went not into that night quietly, but chose to step boldly .

"The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it."

Does not this apply to J. Wilkes Booth? Booth after all thought of AL as a despot and he had to play the role of Brutus , and Cassius and act for those who wanted to protect Rome (The Union) from dictatorship and despotism.

He fulfilled the role= and no doubt at his own funeral he would have understood this from the Bard of Scotland (slightly out of context but applicable)

A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an' a' that;
But an honest man's abon his might,
Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their dignities an' a' that;
The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.

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: What advantage did he from his point of view have from being shot or arrested, tried, and hanged rather than "directing" his end himself?"

Might I propose that Mr. Booth did in fact direct the final scene?

Macbeth, Antony, Hamlet all choose the ending for themselves. all to the event any of are - were masters of their own fate.

Booth chose to make it an end fitting for the tragedian. he went not into that night quietly, but chose to step boldly .

"The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it."

Does not this apply to J. Wilkes Booth? Booth after all thought of AL as a despot and he had to play the role of Brutus , and Cassius and act for those who wanted to protect Rome (The Union) from dictatorship and despotism.

He fulfilled the role= and no doubt at his own funeral he would have understood this from the Bard of Scotland (slightly out of context but applicable)

A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an' a' that;
But an honest man's abon his might,
Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their dignities an' a' that;
The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.

Francis,

If you read Eva's post, you will see that is precisely what she is driving at.

Rick