What Do The People Really Want?

"Woe to that land that's govern'd by a child" (2.3.11) This quote is said by a citizen who is talking with their neighbors. I thought it was odd of them to say this because they hadn't give the prince a chance to rule yet. They were so quick to say that their lives were about to be shit shows that they didn't stop to think the alternative. All the citizens thought that the prince would do better with a noble man by his side to guide him. "For emulation now who shall be nearest/ Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not./ O, full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester." (2.3.25-27) However in the same breath they are willing to say that the only man able to guide the prince is a danger to society. It is as if they aren't sure if they want a child to be the king on his own or if they want a child guided by a dangerous guardian to be king.