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Agahi Posted 11 years ago
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want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;

This is part of RichardIII from Shakespear:
want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;

I can't even wildly guess the meaning of it . Any Ideas?
  

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love's majesty is personifying love itself and making it royal, glorious. strut is to walk very proudly. wanton means 'unrestrained', 'wild'.

  • love's majesty is personifying love itself and making it royal, glorious.
  • strut is to walk very proudly.
  • wanton means 'unrestrained', 'wild'.
  • amble means to stroll, casually.
  • a nymph is a Greek mythological girl, young and innocent.
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love's majesty is personifying love itself and making it royal, glorious.
strut is to walk very proudly.
wanton means 'unrestrained', 'wild'.
amble means to stroll, casually.
a nymph is a Greek mythological girl, young and innocent.

Can you put the words together to make sense? I see a young, beautiful and innocent girl just waiting to
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PhilipCan you put the words together to make sense? I see a young, beautiful and innocent girl just waiting to be swept off her feet by a romantic experience.
I see 'want' as meaning 'lack'.
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It would be helpful to have more context. What comes before "want"?
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But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks,

Nor made to court an amorous looking glass;

I, that am rudely stamped and want love’s majesty

To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion,

Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,

Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time

Into this breathing world,
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i . . . want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;

This is part of Richard III's opening soliloquy, in which he discusses his own deformity and ugliness..

want here has the archaic meaning of lack.

I lack the looks and charm to attract
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“I want to strut my *** in front of some **** girls”

but he can’t because he’s an ugly hunchback.

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