So I wanted to do a lil’ shout-out to my homeboy, William “the Bard” Shakespeare.
I went w/ my brother and my friends to an outdoor production of Macbeth and my oh my! Was I in heaven or what? I had more fun than you could "shake-a-spear" at! So because I’ve got the Bard on the brain, here’s some attempts at describing his awesomeness:
My favorite History: Richard III
My favorite Tragedy: Macbeth
My favorite Comedy: Twelfth Night
Some grand quotes:
"You speak an infinite deal of nothing." {The Merchant of Venice}
"My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour." {Twelfth Night}
"My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour." {Twelfth Night}
"I am a Jew…If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that." {The Merchant of Venice}
"Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" {Romeo & Juliet}
"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way come." {Macbeth}
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." {Measure for Measure}
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| Lady Macbeth--bold, brash, and Scottish |
"Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak." {As You Like It}
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." {Twelfth Night}
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." {Twelfth Night}
"Though she be but little, she is fierce!" {A Midsummer Night’s Dream}
"{Thine} face is not worth sunburning." {Henry V}
"What’s past is prologue." {The Tempest}
"Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me." {Much Ado About Nothing}
"Beweare the green-eyed monster, my Lord. It doth mock the meat it feeds on." {Othello}
"If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction." {Twelfth Night}
"Confusion now hath made his masterpiece." {Macbeth}
"Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce." {Romeo & Juliet}
One reason why I love Shakespeare: Okay, like I can narrow it down to just one, jeez. I can’t narrow anything to just one. But I like that all of his characters have brilliant personalities, has strong female characters even though in his time, women were taught to be lesser then men. He took the common stories of the day and made up his version which was fresh, bold and better! His imagery is luscious and to die for! His wit, intelligence and expertise on the ways of humanity are spot on. And above all, he’s taught me that characters—as well as people—reveal who they truly are by what they say…and what they don’t say.
“In black ink my love may still shine bright.” William Shakespeare
