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All's Well That Ends Well, Setting
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Rousillon, France
Florence |
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All's Well That Ends Well, Setting
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Rousillon, France
Florence |
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All's Well That Ends Well, characters
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Bertram, Count of Rousillo-- a royal ward
Helena, a physicians daughter King of France--Parolles All's Well That Ends Well, Plot |
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All's Well That Ends Well, Quotes
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Helena: 'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see, the name, and not the thing.
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All's Well That Ends Well, misc
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Based on tale of Bocaccio's Decameron
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Antony and Cleopatra, Setting
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Egypt
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Antony and Cleopatra, characters
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Mark Antony
Cleopatra Octavius Caesar Enobarbus, Antony's Lieutenant Charmian and Iras, Cleopatra's servants |
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Antony and Cleopatra, Plot
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Antony and Cleopatra's love affair and Roman civil war ending with Antony's defeat at Actium. Antony commits suicide and Cleapatra commits suicide with an asp.
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Antony and Cleopatra, Quotes
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Enobarbus: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
Antony: I am dying, Egypt Cleopatra: My salad days, when I was green in judgment, cold in blood, to say as I said then! |
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As You Like It, Setting
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The forest of Arden, in France
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As You Like It, characters
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Oliver and Orlando, brother and rivals
Duke Frederick Rosalind, his niece Jacques, a jester |
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As You Like It, Plot
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Sibling rivalry- Oliver vs. Oralndo, Duke frederick vs. his brother Duke Senior. Orlando is in exile as is Rosalind disguised as "Ganymede". All rivals are reconciled. Orlando and Rosalinfd Marry
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As You Like It, Quotes
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Jaques: 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, his acts being seven ages.
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The Comedy of Errors, Setting
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Ephesus
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The Comedy of Errors, characters
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Aegon, a merchant
His twin sons both named Antipholus Their twin servants both named Dromio |
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The Comedy of Errors, Plot
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Mistaken identities among both sets of twins as Aegon tries to reunite his family separated by a storm at sea. One set from Ephesus and the other from Syracuse.
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The Comedy of Errors, Quotes
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Dromio of Syracuse: Every why hath a wherefore
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The Comedy of Errors, misc
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Derived from roman comedies by Plautus
Musical: The Boys From Syracuse Shortest play |
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Coriolanus, Setting
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Rome
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Coriolanus, characters
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Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a roman soldier
Volumnia, his mother Tullus Aufidius, leader of the Volsci Sicinus and Brutus, two tribumes |
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Coriolanus, Plot
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Brave but modest Marcius, called Coriolanus for his victory over the Volsci at Corioli, ccannot bring himself to campaigne for votes in the election for Consul-- Sicinius and Brutus use this to turn the people against him. Coriolanus allies himself with Tullus. Their march on rome is halted by pleas from Volumnia. He allows himself to be killed in a conspiracy lead by Tullus who recognizes his nobility after his death.
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Coriolanus, misc
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From Plutarch's Lives
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Cymbeline, Setting
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Ancient Britain and Rome
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Cymbeline, characters
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Cymbeline, King of Britain
His Queen Imogen, his daughter Cloten, the Queen's son Posthumus, secrety married to Imogene |
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Cymbeline, Plot
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Cymbeline's wife plots against Imogen. Cymbeline banishes Posthumus who plots to kill Imogen. The Qeen instigates a Roman invasion of Britain which the brothers and Posthumus defeat. The Queen dies and all are reconciled.
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Cymbeline, misc
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Based on tale by Geoffrey of Monmouth about Cunobelinus
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Hamlet, Setting
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Elsinore Castle, Denmark
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Hamlet, characters
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Queen Gertrude, his mother King Claudius, his uncle Polonius, counselor to the king Laertes and Ophelia, Polonius' son and daughter Horatio, Hamlet's friend Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, vourtiers |
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Hamlet, Plot
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Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and learns Claudius murdered his father. Hamlet stages a play, "The Mousetrap". Hamlet kills polonius. Laertes plots to kill Hamlet during a fencing duel. Ophelia goes mad. Laertes and Hamlet kill each other. Hamlet kills Claudius. Gertrude poisons herself. Hamlet wills his kingdon to Fortinbras, Prince of Norway
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Hamlet, Quotes
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Hamlet: Frailty thy name is woman
Polonius: To thine own self be true Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Polonius: Brevity is the soul of wit Queen Gertrude: The lady doth protest toomuch Horatio: Goodnight sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest |
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Henry IV, Parts I & II, Setting
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Britain
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Henry IV, Parts I & II, characters
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Henry IV (Bolingbroke)
Prince Hal (HenryV) Falstaff Owen Glendower, a rebel Henry Percy (Hotspur) Mistress Quickly- Hostess of the Eastcheap Inn |
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Henry IV, Parts I & II, Plot
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Henry V deposes RichardII. Hall leads a riotous life with Falstaff at the Boar's Head Tavern. Hal kills the rebellious Hotspur in battle, suceeds to the throne and dismisses Falstaff.
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Henry IV, Parts I & II, Quotes
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Falstaff: Banish plump Jack, and banissh all the world
Falstaff: We have heard the chimes at midnight Falstaff: The better part of valor is discretion. |
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Henry IV, Parts I & II, misc
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Movie: Orson Welles' "The Chimes at Midnight"
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Henry V, Setting
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England and France, early 15th century
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Henry V, characters
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Henry V
the Dauphin of France Charles VI of France Montjoy, a french herald Princess Katherine, daughter of Charles |
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Henry V, Plot
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Henry claims the throne of France and th Duphin insults him provoking a war. Henry wins the siege of Harfleur. Henry wins at Agincourt against a more numerous french army. Henry successfully woos Katherine. Falstaff dies.
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Henry V, Quotes
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Henry V: Once more into the breach
Henry V: This day is called the feast of Crispian . . . Henry V: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . |
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Henry VI, Parts I, II, & III, Setting
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England and France, 1422-1471
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Henry VI, Parts I, II, & III, characters
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Henry VI
Joan of Arc Margaret of Anjou, Henry's wife Duke of York Duke of Suffolk, his rival York's sons: Edward IV and Richard III Edward, Prince of Wales, his son |
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Henry VI, Parts I, II, & III, Plot
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The War of the Roses between the House of York (White Rose) and the House of Lancaster (Red Rose) and the Hundred Years War: The Dukes of York and Suffolk, Prince Edward and Hensy VI killed. Edward IV ascends the throne.
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Henry VI, Parts I, II, & III, Quotes
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Dick the Butcher: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
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Henry VIII, Setting
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Britain
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Henry VIII, characters
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Henry VIII
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey Queen Katherine Anne Boleyn Archbishop Thomas Cranmer |
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Henry VIII, Plot
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Henry falls in love with Anne. Wolsey is cannot support the marriage but dies before trial. Cranmer supports the King and his break with Rome.
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Henry VIII, Quotes
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Cardinal Wolsey: Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to my enemies.
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Henry VIII, misc
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Last play performed at the Globe Theater before ti was burned from a stage cannon.
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Julius Caesar, Setting
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Ancient Rome
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Julius Caesar, characters
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Julius Caesar
Casca Brutus Cassius Mark Antony Octavious |
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Julius Caesar, Plot
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Conspirators Cassius and Brutus kill Casar on the Ides of March. Antony turns the Romans against the conspirators with his funeral oration. Antony allies with Octavious and defeats the assassins at Phillippi. Cassius and Brutus commit suicide.
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Julius Caesar, Quotes
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Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March
Cassius: The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves Caesar: Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look-- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous Casca: But for my own part, it was Greek to me. Caesar: Cowards die many times their deaths-- The valiant never taste of death but once Antony: Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war Antony: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones. Antony: This was the noblest Roman of them all (about Brutus) |
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King John, Setting
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England and France
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King John, characters
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King John
Arthur, his nephew Constance, Arthur's mother |
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King John, Plot
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John seizes the throne after the death of Richard the Lionheart. John has Arthur blinded. Arthur dies while trying to escape. John is poisoned by a monk.
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King Lear, Setting
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Ancient Britain
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King Lear, characters
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King Lear
His daughters, Regan, Cordelia and Goneril The Earl of Kent The Earl of Gloucester Edgar, Gloucester's rightful heir Edmund, Gloucester's bastard Lear's Fool |
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King Lear, Plot
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Lear plans to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. Cordelia refuse to do more than offer the proper love and devotion and he exiles her and the Earl of Kent. Edmund tricks Lear into exiling Edgar. Goneril and Regan strip Lear of his remaining rights. Lear goes mad and is alone with his fool. Cordelia invades with a french army and is defeated. Goneril kills Regan and commits suicide. Edmunds treachery is revealed. Lear enters with Cordelia who Edmund had hanged and dies.
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King Lear, Quotes
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Lear: Nothing will come of nothing
Lear: How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child LEAR: I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning Lear: Ay, every inch a king |
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Timon of Athens, Setting
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Athens
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Timon of Athens, characters
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Timon, a wealthy man
Alcibiades, an Athenian Noble Apemantus, a philosopher |
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Timon of Athens, Plot
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Apemantus warns Timon he is easily flatterred. A rumor questions his wealth. His creditors demand payment and none of his former guests help. Timon decries their conduct and withdraws to a cave where he discovers a hoard of gold. He refuses to help Athens against Alcibades and dies.
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Timon of Athens, Quotes
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Timon: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction robs the vast sea: the moon's an errant thief, and her pale fire she snatches from the sun.
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Troilus And Cressida, Setting
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Trojan War
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Troilus And Cressida, characters
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Troilus, a Trojan Prince
Cressida, daughter of Calchas Aeneas and hector, Troilus' brothers Diomedes, a Greek warrios Calchas, a Trojan priest |
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Troilus And Cressida, Plot
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Troilus and Cressida fall in love. Cressida, whose father Calchas defected to the Greeks, is exchanged for a Trojan prisoner. Troilus and Cressida exchage love tokens. Troilus sees Cressida give his toke to Diomedes. The truce ends. Achilles kills Hector.
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Troilus And Cressida, misc
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Rewritten by Dryden
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Love's Labour's Lost, Setting
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Navarre
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Love's Labour's Lost, characters
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Ferdinand, King of Navarre
The Princess of France |
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Love's Labour's Lost, Plot
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Ferdinand and his courtiers pledge to forgo women for three years but fall in love with the Princess.they court her secretly. The King of France dies and she must go home. The couples must separate for a year.
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Love's Labour's Lost, Quotes
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Costard: honorificabilitudinitas (Word only occurs once in Shakespeare's works-- Hapax legomenon
Rosaline: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes it. |
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Love's Labour's Lost, misc
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Musical Kenneth Branagh 2000
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Macbeth, Setting
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Scotland, mid 11th century
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Macbeth, characters
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Macbeth, Thane of Glamis
Banquo Lady Macbeth King Duncan Malcolm and Donalbain, sons of Duncan Macduff, Thane of Fife The three witches |
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Macbeth, Plot
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Macbeth and Banquo meet three witches who foretell of Macbeth's ascendence to the throne. Macbeth murders Duncan. Macbeth has Banquo murdered. Lady Macbeth is consumed by guilt, sleepwalks, dies. Macduff defeats Macbeth and Malcolm is proclaimed king.
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Macbeth, Quotes
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First Witch: When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Macbeth: If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly. Lady Macbeth: But screw your courage to the stivking place. Macbeth: Is this a dagger which I see before me? Three Witches: Double, double toil and trouble-- fire burn and cauldron bubble Lady Macbet: Out damned spot! out I say! Macbeth: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Macbet: Lay on, Macduff and damned be him that first cries hold, enough |
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Macbeth, misc
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Shortest tragedy
The Scottish Play Throne of Blood- Kurasawa Scotland, Pa. |
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Measure for Measure, Setting
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Vienna
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Measure for Measure, characters
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Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Angelo, one of the Duke's deoputies Claudio and Juliet, lovers Isabella, Claudio's sister |
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Measure for Measure, Plot
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Vincentio give Angelo control of Vienna. Angelo orders enforcement of a law ordering death for lovers living togetheer before marriage. Claudio is the first to be sentenced. Isableea pleads for her brother's life. Angelo offers to spare Claudio if she will become his mistress. Vincentio reappears disguised as a friar, sets everything right, and weds isabells.
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The Merchant of Venice, Setting
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Venice
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The Merchant of Venice, characters
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Antonio, a merchant of Venice
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender Jessica, Shylock's daughter Portia, an heiress Bassanio and Lorenzo, friends of Antonio |
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The Merchant of Venice, Plot
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Antonio borrows money from Shylock secured by "a pound of flesh". Portia asks her suitors to choose among caskets of gold, silver and lead. Bassanio correctly chooses lead. Portia disgused as Balthazar defends Antonio against Shylock and wins. Shylock must forfeit his goods and convert. Jessica marries Lorenzo.
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The Merchant of Venice, Quotes
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Launcelot Gobbo: It is a wise father that knows his own child
Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Shylock: If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Setting
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The Garter Inn
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, characters
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Falstaff
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Plot
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Falstaff courts two wealthy married women. They trick him into hiding in a laundry basket.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Quotes
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Pistol: Why, then the world's mine oyster
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, misc
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Verdi's last opera
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Setting
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Athens and the nearby woods
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, characters
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Theseus, Duke of Athens
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons Oberon, King of the Fairies Titania, Queen of the Fairies Lysander and Hermia, lovers Demetrius, in love with Hermia, then Helena Puck, Oberon's servant Bottom, a weaver |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Plot
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hermia refuses to wed Demetrius and escapes to the woods with Lysander. Oberon anf Titania argue. Puck give a love potion to Lysander who falls in love with Helena. Oberon gives bottom the head of an ass. Puck gives love potion to Titania who falls in love with Bottom. All the couples are reunited and the tradesmen perform "Pyramus and Thisbe".
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Quotes
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Puck: Lord, what fools these mortals be
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, misc
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Film with james Cagney as Bottom
Mendelssohn's Weddiing March composed for play |
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Much Ado About Nothing, Setting
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Messina
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Much Ado About Nothing, characters
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Don Pedro
Benedick Beatrice Claudio Dogberry Hero |
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Much Ado About Nothing, Plot
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Benedick and Beatrice argue then fall in love. Don John plots to defame Hero. Claudio refuses to marry her. Dogberry obtains confession of plot and Hero and Claudio are married.
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Much Ado About Nothing, misc
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Kennneth Branagh Film 1990
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Othello, Setting
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Venice, Cyprus
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Othello, characters
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Othello: A Moor
Desdemona: His wife Iago and Cassio: His lieutenants Emilia: Iago's wife & Desdemona's servant |
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Othello, Plot
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Othello in the service of Venice is sent to defend Cyprus from the Turks. Iago is passed over for promotion and plots against Othello. Desdemona drops her handkerchief which Iago uses to convince Othello his wife is unfaithful. Iago convinces Roderigo to kill Cassio. Iago stabs Roderigo. Othello smothers Desdemona. Othello commits suicide and Iago is arrested.
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Othello, Quotes
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Iago: But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at: I am not what I am
Iago: Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs. Iago: O! beware, my lord, of jealousy-- It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on Othello: Then, must you speak of one that lov'd not wisely but too well |
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Othello, misc
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Operas by Rossini and Verdi
Film: "O" 2001 set in an American highschool |
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Setting
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Britain, late 114th century
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, characters
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Thaisa, his wife Marina, his daughter Gower, poet and narrator Antiochus: King of Antioch |
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Plot
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Pericles marries Thaisa by solving a riddle. Thaisa dies giving birth to Marina but is broght back to life by a magician. Marina as sent to a brothel but remains chaste. All are reunited in the end.
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, misc
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Riddle reveals that Antiochus is in an incestuous relationship with his daughter.
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Richard II, Setting
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Britain, late 14th century
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Richard II, characters
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Richard II
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, his uncle Henry Bolingbroke, Gaunt's son (Henry IV) |
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Richard II, Plot
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Richard exiles Bolingbroke and confiscates Gaunt's property. Bolingbroke leads a rebellion and imprisons Richard. Boling broke becomes King Henry IV. Richard is killed at Pomfret Castle.
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Richard II, Quotes
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Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars . . .This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England
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Richard II, misc
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Played a role in the Earl of Essex' failed rebellion against Elizabeth
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Richard III, Setting
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Britain, late 15th century
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Richard III, characters
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Edward IV
Edward (Edward V) and Richard, his sons Richard, Duke of Gloucester and George, Duke of Kent, King Edward's brothers Duke of Buckingham, Richard's ally Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (Henry VII) |
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Richard III, Plot
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Richard plots against all between him and the throne. He has Clarence sent to the tower and orders him killed (drowned in the Malmsey butt). He is named protector of the two young princes, but usurps the thrown and has them killed in the Tower of London. Henry Tudor lands a rebel army in England and defeats him at Bosworth field. Henry becomes Henry VII ending the War of the Roses.
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Richard III, Quotes
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"Richard: Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York--
Richard: Was ever woman in this humour woo'd? Was ever woman in this humour won? Richard: I am not in the giving vein to-day. Richard: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! |
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Romeo and Juliet, Setting
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Verona
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Romeo and Juliet, characters
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Romeo Montague
Juliet Capulet Tybalt, her cousin Mercutio, his friend Friar Lawrence Juliet's Nurse Paris |
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Romeo and Juliet, Plot
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Romeo falls in love with Juliet and they are secretly married by Friar Lawrence. Tybalt kills Mercutio in a duel and is slain by Romeo. Juliet fakes her death with a potion from the Friar. Romeo goes to the Capulet crypt, kills Paris and takes poison. Juliet awakes and stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.
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Romeo and Juliet, Quotes
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Prologue: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene . . . A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
Romeo: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun! Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name-- Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. Juliet O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. Juliet: Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good-night till it be morrow. Mercutio: A plague o' both the houses! |
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Romeo and Juliet, misc
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Opera by Gounod
Film: Romeo+Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes |
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The Taming of the Shrew, Setting
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Padua, Verona
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The Taming of the Shrew, characters
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Katherina, the shrew
Bianca, her sister Petruchio Lucentio, Bianca's suitor |
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The Taming of the Shrew, Plot
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Bianca cannot marry before Katherina. Petruchio marries Katherina and tames her by not letting her sleep or eat and by ripping up her new clothes. Lucentio marries Bianca and Hortensio marries a rich widow. Petruchio proves that Katherine is the more obediant wife.
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The Taming of the Shrew, Quotes
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Petruchio: Kiss me Kate, we will be married o' Sunday
Petruchio: This is a way to kill with kindness |
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The Taming of the Shrew, misc
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Musical: Kiss Me, Kate
Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You with Heath Ledger Movie: Deliver Us From Eva 2003 |
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The Tempest, Setting
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An Island
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The Tempest, characters
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Prospero, former Duke of Milan
Miranda, his daughter Antonio, Prospero's brother and usurper of his title Ariel, a spirit serving Prospero Caliban, a savage and deformed slave Ferdinand, son of the King Alonso of Naples |
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The Tempest, Plot
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Prospero creates a tempest by magic which brings his enemies to him. Miranda falls in love with Ferdinand. Prospero and Ariel use magic to defeat Caliban's plots. Prospero frees Ariel and forgives Alonso and Antonio.
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The Tempest, Quotes
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Ariel: Full fathom five thy father lies
Prosper: We are such stuff As dreams are made on-- and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Miranda: O brave new world, That has such people in't! |
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The Tempest, misc
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Shakespeare's last play
Movie: Forbidden Planet |
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Titus Andronicus, Setting
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Ancient Rome
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Titus Andronicus, characters
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Titus Andronicus, a Roman general
Lavinia, his daughter Tamora, Queen of the Goths Aaron, a moor |
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Titus Andronicus, Plot
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Titus lost 21 of 25 sons in war. He returns to rome with his prisoners. Aaron chops off Titus' hand. Lavinia is raped and mutilated. Titus kills Tamora's sons and serves them to her in a pie. Many other revenge killings are done.
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Titus Andronicus, Quotes
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Demetrius: She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd-- She is a woman, therefore may be won-- She is Lavinia, therefore must be lov'd
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Twelth Night or What You Will, Setting
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Illyria
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Twelth Night or What You Will, characters
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Duke Orsino
Countess Olivia Viola and Sebastian, twins Sir Toby Belch Malvolio, Olivia's steward Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
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Twelth Night or What You Will, Plot
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Viola and Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated in Illyria. Olivia falls in nlove with Viola dresses as a man (Cesario). Viola falls in love with Duke Orsino. In the end Duke Orsino and Viola are to be married as are Toby and Maria, and Olivia and Sebastian.
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Twelth Night or What You Will, Quotes
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Orsino: If music be the food of love, play on
Sir Toby: Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Malvolio: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. |
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Two Gentlemen of Verona, Setting
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Verona, Milan
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Two Gentlemen of Verona, characters
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Valentine and Proteus, two gentlemen
Silvia, beloved of Valentine Julia, beloved of Proteus |
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Two Gentlemen of Verona, Plot
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Valentine wants Proteus to go with him to Milan, but he is love with Julia. In Milan they both fall in love with Silvia. Valentine is exiled. Valentine saves Silvia and gives her to Proteus. Proteus returns to Julia and Valentine marries Silvia.
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The Winter's Tale, Setting
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Sicily, Bohemia
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The Winter's Tale, characters
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Leontes, King of Sicily
Hermione, his wife Perdita, their daughter Polixenes, King of Bohemia Florizel, his son Antigonus a Sicillian lord |
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The Winter's Tale, Plot
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Leontes suspects Hermione and Polixenes of adultery. She dies in childbirth. Antigonus secretly raises Perdita in Bohemia. She falls in love with Florizel. All are reconciled and the statue of Hermione comes back to life.
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The Winter's Tale, misc
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Stage direction: Exit, pursued by a bear
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Two Nobel Kinsmen, Setting
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Athens
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Two Nobel Kinsmen, characters
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Palomon and Arcite, cousins
Princess Emilia |
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Two Nobel Kinsmen, Plot
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Palomon and Arcite are imprisoned by the Athenians, They both fall in love with Emilia. They fight, Arcite wins but is thrown from his horse and dies. Palomon weds Emilia.
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Two Nobel Kinsmen, misc
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Written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher
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