Recent questions tagged shakespeare

Description : How do you feel about Hamlet?

Last Answer : I see him as a dick in the world of pricks.

Description : Care to recite Shakespeare as you insult the Jelly below me?

Last Answer : Thou Jelly below me is a mammering, toad spotted moldwarp.

Description : Can a person with average intelligence understand a book of Shakespeare?

Last Answer : answer:I would get the CliffsNotes or somesuch to help. The language is a bit antiquated and poetic, and you’ll run into sentences that don’t make any sense without a little translation. And when I googled them I see they’re free online. Cliffs Notes Free Shakespeare Literature Notes

Description : Are you still in love with Shakespeare?

Last Answer : I love Shakespeare.

Description : Can we have a conversation using just quotes from Shakespeare?

Last Answer : “I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it”- Act 2 scene 4:-)

Description : Readers, performers, and fans of Shakespeare: how do you pronounce the name Jaques from As You Like It?

Last Answer : Jay-kweez. That’s how I was taught when I took a Shakespeare for English Majors class.

Description : A space, a space, my kingdom for a parking space?

Last Answer : answer:I’ll make no bones about it. Seems like an ignominious end. Probably the mother of all cover-ups. But whose as-phalt was it that he ended up there? I suppose if you are a history buff, then this is in some way meaningful. I don’t know that it actually means anything at all to the rest of us.

Description : How do you pronounce the Shakespearean name Iago?

Last Answer : I pronounce it ee-ah-go – U. S. English

Description : What great Shakespearean villains do you think of first?

Last Answer : I always think of Lady Macbeth.

Description : Is it just me or is Shakespeare overrated?

Last Answer : answer:Well, you don't need to worry because he won't be writing anything new. Any time a person is as prolific as Shakespeare - we're talking dozens of plays, a ton of poems and sonnets, and ... is being presented to you that is the problem. But again, no one liked EVERYTHING that the guy wrote.

Description : Do you have a favorite film version of a Shakespeare play?

Last Answer : I don’t know that I have a favorite, but Kenneth Branagh’s adaptations of Shakespeare’s works are among the best on film. I also like the 1953 version of Julius Caesar; you can’t go wrong with Gielgud and Shakespeare.

Description : Do you think Shakespeare was the real author of his works, or do you think it was an aristocrat trying to hide their name from the public (or some other reason)

Last Answer : It is generally believed that everybody was ripping off everybody else in those days. Shakespeare most likely wrote what he wrote as himself, but no guarantees.

Description : How long did Hamlet delay killing Claudius? I can't seem to find anything about it.

Last Answer : answer:Hamlet learns that Claudius assassinated his father at the end of the first act, but does not kill Claudius until the final scene of the final act. Obviously he's taking his time. There is also plenty ... play at hand, but it's best anyway that you do your own homework, yes? Hope this helps.

Description : Do you see an obvious re-write of Shakespeare in the Twilight series?

Last Answer : answer:I only read the first book and thought the writing was pretty terrible- most of the characters other than Edward and Bella seemed like afterthoughts, and everyone gave Bella way more attention ... again, I just read The seven basic plots and I'm seeing archetypes everywhere. Great question!

Description : Which is the best filmed version of King Lear?

Last Answer : I don’t have answer but I’d see anything starring Ian McKellen, Ian Holm or Laurence Olivier.

Description : Were the final copies of Shakespeare's plays written by hand?

Last Answer : I hope to hell we’re not going to debate again whether they could have been typed by monkeys… The reference photo shows printed text. That is, mechanically printed, on a press.

Description : What does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth needs the most?

Last Answer : She thinks Macbeth should doeth his own homework.

Description : What is your favorite Shakespeare play and why?

Last Answer : answer:Hamlet, and I don't think I can give you a definitive explanation as to precisely why I like it, but I guess my reasons might include that so many present-day English-language idioms/ ... quoted the above passage from memory, when declining to loan money to my shiftless and no-good relatives.

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