Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"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.
The film is filled with other quotations and references to Shakespeare. [1] The phrase "the undiscovered country" is quoted from Hamlet's soliloquy. The film's director Nicholas Meyer said the idea for having the Klingons claim Shakespeare as their own was based on Nazi Germany's attempt to claim William Shakespeare as German before World War ...
According to scholar Larry Kreitzer, The Undiscovered Country has more references to Shakespeare than any other Star Trek work until at least 1996. [41]: 7 The title itself alludes to Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, the famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy. [42] Meyer had originally intended The Wrath of Khan to be called The Undiscovered Country. [17]
The subtitle of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) is also a Shakespeare line, from Hamlet. [a] In this film, the Klingons appreciate Shakespeare greatly, and General Chang (Christopher Plummer), the film's antagonist, quotes him extensively. [23]
The dogs of war is a phrase spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1, line 273 of English playwright William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war." Synopsis [ edit ]
The title for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) is a reference to the soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1. The Klingons Gorkon and Chang are Shakespeare aficionados, and opines that Shakespearian works are best experienced in the 'original' Klingon. Shakespeare's plays are liberally quoted throughout the film.
The language does not contain the verb "to be", which meant Okrand had to create a workaround when director Nicholas Meyer wanted his Klingons to quote Shakespeare and the famous line "to be, or not to be" in The Undiscovered Country. [6] Initially, Okrand came up with "to live or not live", but Plummer did not like the sound of the line.
Undiscovered Country is a 1979 Tom Stoppard play first produced at the Olivier Theatre in London.The play is an adaptation of Das weite Land by the Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler, which focuses on 1890s Viennese society, demonstrating the effects of upper class codes of behavior on human relationships. [1]