This famous line is taken from the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, a poet of the Romantic era.
In this poem, Keats reflects on the eternal nature of truth and beauty. According to him, truth and beauty are inseparable â what is true is always beautiful, and what is beautiful is always true. In a world of decay and mortality, only truth and beauty endure forever. This idea comforts humans against the fleeting nature of life.
Death: 23 April, 1616 AD. āĻāύāύā§āĻŽāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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(Plays/Dramas: 37. in number)
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āĻĄāĻŋ (Tragedies):
Julius Caesar: Brutus (Marcus Brutus) is a famous character (protangonits) of Shakespeare in his 'Julius Caesar' (Tragedy)
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet: Ophelia' is an important character. The view is expressed that 'There is a divinity that shapes our ends'
Macbeth
King Lear
Othello
Antony and Cleopatra
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻ (Comedies):
The Tempest (William Shakespeare āϰāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāĻāĻ)
As You Like It
The Mid Summer Night's Dream
All's Well That Ends Well
The Comedy of Errors
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
Measure of measure
Love's Labour's Lost
Antony and Cleopatra
Twelfth night (comedy)
Winter's Tale (play)
Important Quotations
Cowards die many times before their death (Julius Caesar)
"To be or not to be, that is the question." (Hamlet)
Frailty, Thy name is woman. (Hamlet)
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy" (Hamlet)
'All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand' (Macbeth)
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players" (As you like it)
All the world's stage, And all the men and Women merely players The have their exits and their entrance And each man in his time plays many parts His act being seven ages' (As you Like it)
Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen Because thou art not seen Although thy breath be rude" (As you Like it)
Shakespeare died in the year of 1616, Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
The greatest dramatist of English literature was born and died at the same day on the 23rd April.
He is called the 'Bard of Avon'. (āĻā§āϝāĻāύā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ/ Bard) / King without crown (āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϏāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻ).
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Shakespeare is known mostly for his plays.
'The Tempest' is known as Shakespeare's Swan Song or last work. . Tempest āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ: Violent storm/ āĻĻā§āϰāύā§āϤ āĻā§āĨ¤
Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. (āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ Jacobean Period āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Elizabethan period āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤)
William Shakespeare āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻ (Comedy) āĻšāϞ⧠'The Tempest' and 'The Mid Summer Night's Dream'
Julius Caesar was the ruler of Rome about 2000 years ago.
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The play 'Romeo and Juliet' was written by - William Shakespeare.
The central idea of 'Under the greenwood tree' is that life in nature is simple and free.
In 'Under the greenwood Tree' the 'Tree' refers to - forest.
Calliban is a character in - Tempest.
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in the form of poetry, often in a meter called Iambic pentameter. (āĻĒāĻā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϤāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāϞāĻŋā§āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āĻā§āϏāĻĒāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϰāĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ So there are five lambs in a line of Iambic pentameter. Blank verse is unrhymed Iambic pentameter. Here are two examples from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ('bold' means stressed and 'italics' means unstressed) My grave is like to be my wedding bed. But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
The Winter's Tale ('āĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāϏ āĻā§āϞ')
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϏ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āϏ āĻ āĻŦ āĻāĻžā§āĻžāϰ)
Comedy āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻļāϞ: ATM Card Lost
A = As You Like It, All's Well That Ends Well, A Mid Summer Night's Dream
T = The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, Two Gentlemen of Verona,
M = The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure
C = Comedy of Errors
L= Love's Labour's Lost
Histories (10):
King John
Richard II
Henry IV (Part-1, Part-2)
Henry V
Henry VI (Part-1, Part-2, Part-3)
Richard III
Henry VIII
Narrative Poems : 03
(i) Venus and Adonis (ii) The Rape of Lucrece (iii) A Lover's Complaint.
Other poems:
(i) The Passionate Pilgrim (ii) The Phoenix and the Turtle.
Important Notes :
Two plays by Shakespeare have been lost. They are "Love's Labour's Won" and âThe History of Cardenioâ
The unfinished play by Shakespeare is âTimon of Athensâ
Shakespeare is called the "Father of English Literature".
He is also called the "Father of English Drama".
Shakespeare's Masque Plays
Henry ViII
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Shakespeare's Problem Plays
All's Well That Ends Well
Measure for Measure
Troilus and Cressida
The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare's Roman Plays
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Julius Caesar
Shakespare's Romance Plays
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
Shakespeare's Tragicomedy Plays
Cymbeline
The Merchant of Venice
The Winter's Tale
William Shakespeare āĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Quotations
Hamlet [Revenge Tragedy]
"To be or not to be that is the question" is the beginning of a famous soliloquy of Hamlet. (āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϞā§āĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤāĻšā§āύāϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
Brevity is the soul of wit. (āĻĒāϞā§āύāĻŋā§āĻžāϏ āĻā§āϞāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāϏāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠- āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻŦāϞāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖ") ---Hamlet
There are nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. (āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϞā§āĻ-āϰā§āĻā§āύāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āύāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠"āĻāĻžāϞ āĻŽāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύā§āĻ āĻŽāύāĻ āϤāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤") â Hamlet
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend. (āĻĒāϞā§āύāĻŋā§āĻžāϏ āϞā§ā§āĻžāϰā§āĻĄā§āϏāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§-- āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ "āĻ āύā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝāĻā§ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦā§"āĨ¤) ---Hamlet
When sorrows come, they come not single spices but in battalions. (āĻā§āϞāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāϏ āĻāĻžāϰāĻā§āĻĄāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϞā§āύ, (āĻāĻĢā§āϞāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ) āĻĻā§āĻ, "āĻĻā§āĻāĻ āϝāĻāύ āĻāϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϏ⧠āύāĻž, āĻāϏ⧠āĻĻāϞ āĻŦā§āĻāϧā§âāĨ¤) --- Hamlet
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϞā§āĻ āĻŦāϞā§, "āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻŽāϰā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻšā§āϰā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ"āĨ¤)
There is divinity that shapes our ends. (āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻā§ āĻā§ā§āĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ ā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤)
Life is an uncertain voyage. (āĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻāĻ āĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤)
King Lear:
Nothing will come of nothing. (āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝ āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤)
I am a man nore sinned against tha sinning. (āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āϏ⧠āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ āĻāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
Thankless children are sharper than poisonous snakes. (āĻ āĻā§āϤāĻā§āĻ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻā§āϤāĨ¤)
My love is richer than my tongue. (āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ Hyperbole āĻāϰ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
Macbeth:
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand". (āϞā§āĻĄāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻĨ āĻŦāϞā§āύ âāĻšāĻžāϤ⧠āϰāĻā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϧ, āĻāϰāĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻāϤāϰ āĻĸā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāύā§āϧ āĻĻā§āϰ āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻž"------Macbeth)
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, (Lady Macbeth āĻāϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ Macbeth āĻŦāϞā§, "āĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āύāϝāĻŧâ) - Macbeth
Look like an innocent flower/ But be the serpent under it. (āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϰāϤāĻž āĻāύā§, āĻ āύā§āϤāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§ āϏāϰā§āĻĒāĻŋāϞ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϏāύā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĄāĻžāύāĻāĻžāύāĻā§ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻĨāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤)
Cowards die many times before their death, But the valiant never taste of death but once. (āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϰā§, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻ'āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāϞāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋā§āĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞā§āύāĨ¤) ------Julius Caesar.
"Veni, vidi, vici";("I came; I saw; I conquered" āĻāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻā§ āĻāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ) is a Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar.
Famous Tragi-comedy/Problem Play
Measure for Measure:
Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. (āĻĒāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻŖā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒāϤāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
The miserable have no other medicine but only hope. (āĻšāϤāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻļāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāώā§āϧāĨ¤)
The Merchant of Venice:
All that glitters is not gold. (āĻāĻāĻāĻ āĻāϰāϞā§āĻ āϏā§āύāĻž āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤)
Love is blind. (āĻāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ āύā§āϧ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
It is a wise father that knows his own child. (āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻ āĻŦāĻāϤāĨ¤)
In sooth, I know not why I am so child. (āϏāϤā§āϝ-āϏāϤā§āϝāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāϰā§āώāĨ¤)
Famous Comedies
As You Like It:
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exists and their entrance and each man in the time plays many parts. (āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāϏ āĻāĻžāύāĻžā§, "āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āύāĻŋā§āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻž āϰāĻā§āĻāĻŽāĻā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āύāϰāύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰ āĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤā§āϰā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻ āϰā§ā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦāύ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĨ¤"-As You Like It.
Sweet are the uses of adversity. (āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻĢā§āϰā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϞā§, "āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāύāĻ āϝ⧠āĻŽāϧā§āϰ/āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§āϤāĻž āĻŽāϧā§āϰ āĻāϤ āĻŽāϧā§āϰ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāύāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϤ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤")------As You Like It.
The duke is describing the world view he has been forced to adopt now that he has been disposed exiled by his villainous brother this is the 'adversity' for which he has found 'sweet uses' By 'uses', the duke means 'profits'.)
Twelfth Night:
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāϞ What You Will.
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them. (āĻŽāĻšā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻļāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋā§ā§āĻ āĻāύā§āĻŽā§, āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻ āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻšāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤)
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. (āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻžāϞā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤)
If music be the food of love, play on. (āϝāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻ āĻšā§ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϧāύ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤)
Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit. (āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāĻŽāĨ¤)
01. Take pains, Be perfect. (āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻāĨ¤) 02. Love looks not with the eyes but with mind. (āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύ⧠āĻŽāύ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤) 03. The course of true love never did run smooth. (āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžā§ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤)
What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet [said by Juliet]
Juliet, prevented from marrying Romeo by the feud between their families, complains that Romeo's name is all that keeps him from her. (Compare "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?")
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. (āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻšāĻ āύā§āĨ¤) [Henry The Fourth, Part 2 Act 3, scene 1, 26-3 1]
Men of few are the best men. (āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĨ¤) [ Henry VI]
Hamlet (āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϞā§āĻ) - Protagonist-āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āĻ- King Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻā§āϞā§āĨ¤
King Hamlet (āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϞā§āĻ) āĻĄā§āύāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
Gertrude (āĻāĻžāϰāĻā§āϰāĻĄ) - āĻĄā§āύāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻ Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĨ¤
Claudius (āĻā§āϞāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāϏ) - āĻĄā§āύāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
Horatio (āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ) - Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§
Ophelia (āĻ āĻĢā§āϞāĻŋā§āĻž) - āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžā§āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ Hamlet āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž
āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ Lady Macbeth āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞ āĻšā§ā§ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĸāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤
Measure for Measure : Story in Brief (āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϰ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ) :
Duke Vincentio is the duke of Vienna. He hands over the reign of govern-ment to a lord, Angelo. Angelo has an excellent reputation in Vienna. He is believed to be a man of strict principles. He is a strict administrator. He declares death sentence against Claudio. Isabella is the sister to Claudio. She gets a message from her brother. She appeals to Angelo for mercy. But Angelo shows his sexual desire for her. He offers her brother's life in exchange of her honour. He says that he has fallen in love with her and would like to possess her body. Then the Duke goes to prison to meet Claudio in disguise. He also meets the Provost. He saves the life of Claudio. But the false news of his death is given to Isabella. The Duke takes back the administration of his country. Isabella brings about the charges against Angelo. Mariana also brings about charges against Angelo.
At last, Angelo confesses his misdeeds to the Duke. So he has to marry Mariana. The Duke forgives Claudio and asks him to marry Juliet. He then proposes marriage to Isabella.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĻā§āϰāϞā§āĻ):
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is an early comedy. It is romantic and its theme is love. It deals with love, marriage and knightly adoration of the lady. Proteus and Valentine are two friends. Proteus falls in love with Julia. Valentine leaves Proteus and goes to Milan. Proteus' s father Antonio sends him to Milan. Going there, he finds that Valentine falls in love with Silvia, daughter to the Duke. Seeing Silvia, Proteus falls in love with her.
Titus Andronicus (āϤāĻŋāϤāĻžāϏ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄā§āϰā§āύāĻŋāĻāĻžāϏ) :
Titus Andronicus was written in 1592-93. It is published in 1594. It is the most lamentable Roman tragedy of Titus Andronicus. It is modelled after Seneca's Thyestes. It is full of sensational elements.
Julius Caesar (āĻā§āϞāĻŋā§āĻžāϏ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ)
Shakespeare's tragic dramas begin with Julius Caesar (1599-1600). It is a Roman play. It deals with the murder of Caesar by the conspirators. The characters of the play are Brutus, Portia, Cassius and Antony. Brutus is a political idealist. Portia is his wife.