===============Originally posted by LadyAmanda
Ha! I love it - The Barber of Seville does pussy shaving!
And his reward for doing an excellant, stubble-free shave would be ....
Having done such an admirable job of perfoming his service, I should think that our amico Figaro should be allowed to use his tough brown leather razor strop for something other than sharpening his razor.
Don't you? ;-)
Bravo, Figaro!
Bravo, bravissimo,
Fortunatissimo!
(most fortunate of men)
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Curiously, there is a passage in "The Barber of Seville" that touches (metaphorically) on our mutual interest here:
Rosina (the heroine) concludes a letter (which Figaro later reads) with these words:
"Siate pero certo che tuto a disposito a fare per rompere le sue catene, la sventurata, Rosina"
or, roughly translated "Be assured that the unhappy Rosina is entirely disposed to break her chains"
('le sue catene' means ' her chains', or perhaps ' her bondage')
Boccaccio