when the remains of a young man and woman were found locked in an embrace in a prehistoric grave in Valdaro, near Mantua, the combination of the posture and the location led inevitably to the skeletons being dubbed the "Neolithic Romeo and Juliet;" in this case, archaeological and dramatic...
A picture of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet hung there and beside it was a picture of the two murdered princes in the Tower which Aunt Julia had worked in red, blue and brown wools when she was a girl.Probably in the school they had gone to as girls that kind of work had ...
addresses also the more general issues of the masks we have to wear to be part of the society we live in; of the compromises we make with ourselves to accustom ourselves to these masks; and of the immense pain and disruption involved should we ...
In the last act of the same tragedy, parallel dreams are experienced by King Richard and his rival, Richmond, who will face each other in their last battle in Bosworth. The personages of these dreams appear among the tents as the ghosts of murdered princes, such as Edward, King Henry’s...
A picture of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet hung there and beside it was a picture of the two murdered princes in the Tower which Aunt Julia had worked in red, blue and brown wools when she was a girl. Probably in the school they had gone to as girls that kind of work had...
“Sir, I can nothing say to this but that I am your most obedient servant, and shall ever with true observance seek to eke out that desert wherein my homely stars have failed to equal my great fortunes.” But this humble speech of Helena’s did not at all move the haughty Bertram ...
But never taxed for speech…(1.1.54-61) I’ve revisited this passage several times since finishing the play. In part because I find her advice so pure, wise, simple, and true. In part because I find it remarkable Shakespeare left us such lucid moral instruction. And in part because I ...
DAVID CRYSTAL: "A kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to be-old the swelling scene." BEN CRYSTAL: "Then, should the war-like Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars." DAVID CRYSTAL: "Then, should the wire like Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars." BEN...
He wrote not only about kings and queens and princes, but also about friends and ordinary people. He wrote about the cruelty of war and the bravery of heroes, as well as about jealousy, joy, hate, ambition and love. His stories live on. The tragedy RomeoandJuliet was reborn as the ...
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. Hamlet (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1 (Oxford Standard Authors ed.) I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod. Hamlet (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 14 (Oxfor...