"Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the son of york".....i heard this from family guy, but i know i've read it in one of those great literary works can't rember can somebody help me out?>.....and also the meanin as it was used in the actual context...
2007-02-10 16:21:03 · 6 answers · asked by Funk-Ski Biznez Man 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Wow, never thought I'd answer these but I can't let those other answers stay without being corrected.
As said above, it is the the very beginning of Richard III by Shakespeare. It's said by Richard himself, who is the villain. He's talking about the English "War of the Roses" before that, which was the subject of the Henry VI parts 1, 2 and 3. Basically, there was a civil war in England after Henry V died, and the house of York fought a civil war with the house of Lancaster for the throne. Henry VI part 3 ends with Richard's brother Edward becoming king, as the Yorks win the throne after many bloody events.
These events are the "winter of our discontent" and they are made glorious summer by Edward, who is king when the play begins, a "sun" of York (also a son of York, it's a play on the words sun/son). Richard says this in a bitter tone, as he is jealous and wants to be king himself.
2007-02-12 10:07:03 · answer #1 · answered by josh24601 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was written by Shakespeare (William, to his friends), it's the opening line in the play Richard the third.
And it's the sun of York, rather than the son.
Going by what Shakespeare wrote, my guess is that it refers to the end of a war - things were not so good, and now, everything's looking sunny.
If my old high school English teacher is reading this, sorry, please don't mark me down for oversimplifying. I like Shakespeare, really, he's just difficult to explain in modern English.
2007-02-10 16:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by busted.mike 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare
2007-02-10 16:26:32 · answer #3 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beware the tides in March
2016-05-25 08:28:37 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steinbeck's "The Winter Of Our Discontempt
It means that one can turn a lemon to lemonade. Winters can be turned to summers, if we want it to.
2007-02-10 16:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i don't know who wrote it but it sounds nice...i like it because it has a nice ring to it...you should go to quotes.com and look it up there or you can always google it
2007-02-10 16:24:34 · answer #6 · answered by ♥queen b♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋