Terry Hancock on Nostr: I was always a little ambiguous on that line from Richard III: "Now is the winter of ...

I was always a little ambiguous on that line from Richard III:

"Now is the winter of our discontent"

Is that saying the discontent is coming to an end (Winter being a symbol of endings)?

Or does he just mean he's discontented, and Winter is a metaphor for generally being uncomfortable?

Or is it intentionally ambiguous?

It definitely sounds cool, but I never quite figured out what Shakespeare was doing there.

So I feel weird using it.

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