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Alas, you know what it means to hate. Now you're ready to be a king.
— Robert's father • Braveheart
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker says that having learned what hatred is, the listener is now ready to be a king. Kingship is framed grimly, as something that requires knowing bitterness and hostility, with a sorrowful 'alas' suggesting regret that power is reached through such experience.
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