How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
Injustice should be spared from prosecution:
Soon it will freeze to death, for it is cold.
Think of the blizzards and the black confusion
Which in this vale of tears we must behold. (3.9.371-374)
Mysterious, eh? Let's see what we can do with this metaphor. So the song, which we've already seen is pretty ironic, is saying that injustice should not be prosecuted because it's so cold it's freezing to death anyway. Great, so injustice is cold. The blizzards in the next line that we have to deal with, then, are injustices. And the vale of tears? That's a biblical phrase that means earthly life.