So here is a pic of one of the Foxy one’s several tattoos, the most famous one being the picture of Marilyn Monroe on her arm. I found this little tat a little perplexing until I decided to do a little googling to find out where this saying come from.
At first i thought that this phrase was though up by Megan herself whilst she was taking bong hits and watching Animal Planet, but a little research told me that it actually comes from the great bard himself. No, not Dan Brown, I am talking about Shakespeare baby. It is out of King Lear and it is from a dialog old Lear is having with Cordelia, his only faithful daughter as they are being led off to prison.
Consulting my Shakespeare notes from a college English class along with various Internet post boards, it became apparent that this little gilded butterfly line is considered to be the most often quoted line from King Lear. Most scholars point to the fact that butterflies that have been “gilded” or covered with a thin metal foil may look pretty, but also lose the ability to fly. They go to pontificate that Shakespeare was talking about the royal court, people who were done up all nice and pretty, yet happened to be less free than the common man which is why Lear wishes to laugh at them I guess.
One can only speculate as to why Megan Fox found this phrase to be important enough to make it a permanent addition to her back. Maybe she feels as if she is a gilded butterfly, trapped by her own beauty and feels like laughing at herself. Or, maybe she is laughing at other gilded butterflies who take themselves to seriously. Or maybe she was just high as hell and always thought King Lear was cool.
At least she didn’t put “now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of york.” or I think we would all be confused.
