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Madhulk  +  786033 Fri, 19 Jun 09 02:03 PM
Robin: All work and no play. That doesn't sound like lord Sheridan the Great

keeper of the Crown to me.

Sheridan: The Crown is surrounded by outlaws,

where outlaws fear to tread. First of all why the crown is with a capital letter.

Is that the actual crown or is it the king? And second - he says there are

a lot of outlaws near it but in the same time he denies it in the second part.

How come?

Well, if you're happy with the Prince then...Satisfied with him?

what problems can I possibly have? He agrees with him?

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Mr Wordy  +  786450 Fri, 19 Jun 09 08:26 PM
Madhulk

Sheridan: The Crown is surrounded by outlaws,

where outlaws fear to tread. First of all why the crown is with a capital letter.

Is that the actual crown or is it the king? And second - he says there are

a lot of outlaws near it but in the same time he denies it in the second part.

How come?

 

 

Some people have a habit of Capitalising Important Words, so it's conceivable that it might refer to the physical object (it might have been stolen, say). But it seems much more likely to me that it stands for the king, or for the instutition of the monarchy generally. (Another theoretical possibility is that "The Crown" has some special meaning in the context, say as a placename, but this doesn't seem at all likely in context.)

 

The next bit of wordplay is somewhat difficult to interpret. I read it as meaning that the Crown is surrounded by outlaws, but it's very dangerous so even these outlaws are fearful.

 

Madhulk
Well, if you're happy with the Prince then...Satisfied with him?

 

Yes, satisfied that he has the relevant desirable quality(ies).

 

Madhulk

what problems can I possibly have? He agrees with him?

 

He's trusting that if the other person is happy with the prince then nothing will go wrong; nothing bad will happen. (It's possible that this is meant ironically -- i.e. it's likely that things will go wrong -- but one can't tell just from a fragment of written script.)

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Philip  +  786725 Sat, 20 Jun 09 12:44 AM
where outlaws fear to tread.

 

The allusion is to a line in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread".  Angels, even with their divine support, are careful where they go.

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Madhulk  +  787388 Sat, 20 Jun 09 12:30 PM
Thanks, guys! About the crown wordplay The Crown is surrounded

by outlaws, where outlaws fear to tread. It turned out the

crown was hidden in the dungeons.

Mr Wordy  +  787534 Sat, 20 Jun 09 02:53 PM
Madhulk

It turned out the

crown was hidden in the dungeons.

 

 

Aha!

Philip  +  787560 Sat, 20 Jun 09 03:15 PM
That makes perfectly good sense.

 

[By the way, are you through with Clark Kent? ]

Madhulk  +  787923 Sat, 20 Jun 09 08:31 PM
Philip
“[By the way, are you through with Clark Kent? ]”

For now.

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