Into the Woods "Money before a child" line
Into the Woods "Money before a child" line
#1Into the Woods "Money before a child" line
Posted: 12/8/19 at 1:11am
I have been wondering this for a while. In Into the Woods, the Baker's Wife says to the Baker, "You would take money before a child?" I always thought it just meant "You would take money from a child?" and the "before" part was an old medieval way of speaking. But now, I wonder, does she mean, "You would take money from this boy to sell back the cow before you would keep the cow so we could lift the curse and have a child?"
Well, thoughts? Answers?
#2Into the Woods "Money before a child" line
Posted: 12/8/19 at 1:20amYour second thought is correct. She is in essence saying “is getting money more important to you than having a baby?”
#3Into the Woods "Money before a child" line
Posted: 12/11/19 at 2:49am
Thank you very much for answering my question.
henrikegerman
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