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William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible ) or are proverbial .
Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.Part of the Fair Youth sequence (which comprises sonnets 1-126), the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author.
Celia's love for Oliver is sudden, intense and uncontrollable, despite the knowledge of Oliver's past wicked deeds. In this connection, it should be remembered that love in Shakespeare is an irrational passion. Celia's marriage with Oliver has been criticised by many critics.
The play follows two main couples: Beatrice and Benedick (adapted to Bea and Ben in Anyone But You), who use witty banter to deny their romantic interest in one another, and Claudio and Hero (here ...
Cupid is the god of love and is in the midst of love just as the young man is in the midst of the love triangle between the poet and the Dark Lady. In sonnet 153, a virgin nymph takes the torch which corresponds to the young man getting engaged to the virgin which "briefly interrupts the cycle of passion and betrayals in the love triangle that ...
100 loyalty quotes by everyone from Shakespeare to Selena Gomez As William Shakespeare famously said, “This above all: to thine own self be true.” And, it can also be said, be true and loyal ...
2 Sicilia. The outer room of a prison. 80 II 3 Sicilia. A room in Leontes' palace. 245 III 1 Sicilia. A sea port. 27 III 2 Sicilia. A court of justice. 264 III 3 Bohemia. A desert country near the sea. 128 IV 1 32 IV 2 Bohemia. A room in the palace of Polixenes. 48 IV 3 Bohemia. A road near the shepherd's cottage. 115 IV 4 Bohemia. A shepherd's ...
Title page of the first quarto (1593). Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting.