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2. Outrageous Fortune - Wikipedia

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   Outrageous Fortune" is a phrase from the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy spoken by Shakespeare's Hamlet. Outrageous Fortune may also refer to: Outrageous Fortune, a 1947 farce by Ben Travers; Outrageous Fortune, a 1987 Hollywood film; Outrageous Fortune, a New Zealand drama series, produced from 2005 to 2010

3. Outrageous Fortune (film) - Wikipedia

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   Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 American comedy film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet ("...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."). It is the tenth film of Touchstone Pictures.

4. To be, or not to be - Wikipedia

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   "To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music.

5. Sonnet 124 - Wikipedia

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   Sonnet 124 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet.It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form abab cdcd efef gg and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.

6. Sonnet 108 - Wikipedia

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   Sonnet 108 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Paraphrase

7. Sonnet 76 - Wikipedia

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   The Norton Shakespeare annotates "and keep invention in a noted weed" thus: And keep literary creativity in such familiar clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary 's definition of weed is "an article of apparel; a garment", and is consistent with the theme of mending, re-using, etc. ("all my best is dressing old words new").

8. Sonnet 129 - Wikipedia

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   Shakespeare uses a similar theme again with Leontes in his play, The Winter's Tale. [7] The placement of the sonnet leads many to believe that Shakespeare had a direct relation with the "dark lady" (as referenced as the inspiration for sonnets 127-152). Many scholars believe that Shakespeare had an affair and that a mistress was his inspiration ...

9. Sonnet 142 - Wikipedia

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   For example, in line 9, Shakespeare diverts the ictus away from the two strong tonic stresses of "love" and "lov'st" by arranging the line such that the meter implies contrastive accent on the four pronouns surrounding them: × / × / × / × / × / Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov'st those (142.9)