Pomp and Circumstance Marches march to the first, and thought this the finest of all the marches. After a loud call to attention from the brass, a simple "staccato" theme, tense and repetitive, is played quietly by the strings, being gradually joined by other instruments before building up to an abrupt climax. This section is repeated. The second theme, confidently played by horns and clarinets, with contrasting triple and duple rhythms, is one which was sketched by Elgar a few years before: this is developed and ends with flourishes from the strings and brass joined by the glockenspiel. The opening "staccato" theme returns, concluded
Pride, Pomp and Circumstance is told that she's not around. Eva (Robin McLeavy) and Elam are dressing in his tent, when Toole and his men storm in to beat Elam and drag him away. The episode title is a quote from Act III, Scene III of William Shakespeare's play "Othello", wherein the title character bids farewell both to being happily married and also to his career as a military general, after receiving news his wife has been unfaithful. He feels he can no longer experience "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war." The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Adam Raymond of New York