Shakespeare

The famous quote comes from:

Macbeth

Othello

Hamlet

Watch the video, do the quiz and click on its last question:

• When was William Shakespeare born?

• When Shakespeare died, which of these things did he leave his wife?

• How many plays did Shakespeare write?

Of the 17,000 words that he used in his plays and poems, Shakespeare made up an incredible 1,700 of them, and we are still using 800 today. Generous, apostrophe, hurry, road and amazement were all Shakespeare's creations.

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wILLIAM sHAKESPEARE's quotes

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‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.’

Macbeth

King Lear

As you like it

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Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind's love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of "curing" him of his love for Rosalind. Rosalind reveals she is a girl and marries Orlando during a group wedding at the end of the play.

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‘What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’

Julius Ceasar

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

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The classic story of boy meets girl; girl's family hates boy's family; boy's family hates girl's family; boy kills girl's cousin; boy and girl kill themselves.

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‘Frailty, thy name is woman.’

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Taming of the Shrew

Hamlet

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Hamlet sees his dead dad's ghost, pretends to go crazy with revenge, actually goes crazy with revenge (debatable), and everyone dies.

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‘How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!’

King Lear

Richard III

Othello

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King divides kingdom, snubs daughter, goes mad, there's a storm, and everyone dies.

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‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Merry Wives of Windsor

The Winter's Tale

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People get lost in the woods. Puck manipulates their romantic affections and (in one case) anatomical head-shape. They put on a play.

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‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’

Macbeth

Hamlet

Othello

QUESTION 6/6

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Macbeth hears that he is going to be king; he and Lady Macbeth kill people so he can become king; both of them die.

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