🎭 Why then, my horns are his horns, whether I wake or sleep.
— Speed, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1-1
(I said scene 2 in the video; it is scene 1!)
[ACTING TIPS]
Speed is the servant to Valentine, and a comic character. This Master/Servant pair is typical for Renaissance Italian comedy (Commedia Dell’arte), and shows Shakespeare is influenced by it. So, be funny!
You may know the “horn” gag. When a husband has a horn, it means his wife has betrayed him. The horn on the head of a man is the proof that this man cannot sexually satisfy his wife.
The servant is the property of the master. Therefore, the servant’s property is his master’s.
“Whether I wake or sleep” is deprived from the Bible.
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