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-BARSIC- [3]
3 years ago
5

What is the meaning of the phrase "the clouds that lour'd upon our house"

English
2 answers:
deff fn [24]3 years ago
8 0
In this straightforwardly iambic line, Richard extends the metaphor by comparing the erstwhile reign of Lancaster to the gloom of a cloudy sky, playing upon the "sun of York" line that precedes it. Lour'd—Shakespeare uses the apostrophe to signal that "loured" should absolutely not be pronounced as "louréd"—is an archaism (from the Middle English louren; probably deriving from Middle High German luren "to lie in wait") that meant "to look sullen; to frown upon." The reference to "our house" refers primarily to the family of York, although it could also play off one of its meanings as "the management of domestic affairs" (referring to the War of the Roses).
GREYUIT [131]3 years ago
3 0

In these lines, Shakespeare describes the end of the War of the Roses. He tells us that this war (a series of civil wars between the Houses of Lancaster and York, two branches of the Plantagenet) is over, and that the House of York has won. The speaker is Richard, who discusses his brother Edward IV's reign.

The speaker compares the reign of Lancaster and the war to the winter, and the reign of York to spring. In the line "<em>the clouds that lour'd upon our house,</em>" the speaker implies that the clouds represent the winter, and the bad times they had just experienced. On the other hand, the word "loured" can be translated as "to frown upon," while "our house" most likely refers to the House of York.

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