Queen Margaret
“Thou shouldst be mad;
And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.”
(1.iv.89-90)
“Off with the crown; and, with the crown, his head,
And whilest we breathe, take time to do him dead.”
(I.iv.108-9)
Queen Margaret in Shakespeare’s Henry 6, part 3
Amused me in the moment, but as I was collecting the quotes, I didn’t weave them together until I looked back.
Henry 6 redux
Previously, Geek Pride.