William Shakespeare Group at eNotes

William Shakespeare was one of eight children of Mary Arden and John...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:20:25 PST

William Shakespeare was one of eight children of Mary Arden and John Shakespeare. William was a normal boy. The was the third oldest of the children and enjoyed many sports. He enjoyed football, and field sports. It has been reported that he was a poor sport however, and he often got into conflicts with the referees and umpires during the competitions. John Shakespeare was fairly comfortable and because he was an alderman the...

What sports did William Shakespeare like, and what happened to him at...

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:14:44 PST

What sports did William Shakespeare like, and what happened to him at age of 15?

Remember also that this is in the section written to the fair young man....

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:01:01 PST

Remember also that this is in the section written to the fair young man. So 'thou' could refer as easily to a man as to a woman. look to the sounds that inhabit the sonnet and how they help to create a mood of suspicion. Lots of sibilance: when is an 's' a 'z'! The biblical aspect cannot be ignored either. Heaven is invoked with creation as is the apple Eve ate. Compare that with the worldly aspect of beauty and good behaviour. Is there a...

You have hit the meaning exactly. Lear says this as he & his...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:47:10 PST

You have hit the meaning exactly. Lear says this as he & his daughter Cordelia are being led to prison. He has since realized that Regan and Goneril have lied to him and betrayed him, while Cordelia remained loyal. She is the only one who was honest with him, although her answer greatly enraged him at first. Yet now he is almost looking forward to a simple life with Cordelia, where they can listen to court gossip and laugh at the...

What is the meaning behind the quote, "and we shall all laugh at the...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:09:17 PST

What is the meaning behind the quote, "and we shall all laugh at the gilded butterflies"?

I guess, in another sense, he sometimes dropped the vowel of a word:...

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:09:07 PST

I guess, in another sense, he sometimes dropped the vowel of a word: "Look like th'innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." Maybe the and it can be considered voweless words...

Who was Charles?

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:43:20 PST

Who was Charles?

After a brief chat about general topics such as the fact that...

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:00:07 PST

After a brief chat about general topics such as the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are down on their luck a little and that Hamlet feels Denmark is something of an emotional prison for him right now, Hamlet asks his two old friends why they are in Denmark. Rosencrantz gives a hurried response that they are there just to visit him and nothing more. Hamlet suspects they were sent for and asks them that directly. Since R and G aren't...

In Act 1, sc. 3, Polonius instructs Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet for...

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:43:17 PST

In Act 1, sc. 3, Polonius instructs Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet for fear that Hamlet will merely use Ophelia, then toss her aside thus embarrassing Polonius and the family. Ophelia does as her father says which explains the scene that Ophelia describes to her father from Act 2, sc. 1 in which she tells of a distraught Hamlet coming to her room. That is all set up for Act 3, sc. 1, where Hamlet does treat Ophelia badly. She returns...

William Shakespeare was an actor, a playwright, and a poet, and,...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:17:58 PST

William Shakespeare was an actor, a playwright, and a poet, and, possibly, a soldier. Born in the country, Shakespeare was the son of a farmer, who was the son of a farmer. Determined to make his way in the world, William Shakespeare found a career in the entertainment business in London, where he was first an actor. However, he soon realized quickly that he would never be a comedian like Tarlton, a professional clown who played "the...

For what 3 professions is Shakespeare famous?

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:35:24 PST

For what 3 professions is Shakespeare famous?

I consulted various Shakespeare sources that Shakespeare was the...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:58:36 PST

I consulted various Shakespeare sources that Shakespeare was the original source of the quote.

That first quote, "He who has injured thee..." isn't Shakespeare, I...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:13:56 PST

That first quote, "He who has injured thee..." isn't Shakespeare, I don't think. It's Seneca.

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:28:26 PST

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. How use doth breed a habit in a man. I am not bound to please thee with my answers.

What an odd question! Why on earth could you want to know this?...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:19:45 PST

What an odd question! Why on earth could you want to know this? Shakespeare could hardly avoid using a word without vowels, as we use them all the time, every day. Nearly all of them (perhaps all of them) involve replacing the vowel sound (often an 'i' - 'aye') sound with a 'y', which substitutes in the same sound as a vowel combination might. So some words that you might look out for: Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt. Exactly! No...

Did Shakespeare use words without any vowels?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:43:57 PST

Did Shakespeare use words without any vowels?

Well, I don't know about 'best'. What do you mean? Do you mean 'the best...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:16:34 PST

Well, I don't know about 'best'. What do you mean? Do you mean 'the best things Shakespeare ever wrote'? (if you do, then it's completely down to your own - or my own - opinion: there'll be very little consensus!). If, though, you mean the most famous quotations from Shakespeare, there are hundreds. Hamlet asks "To be or not to be? That is the question", before he later exclaims "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio". Juliet, frustrated, is...

First, write to your strengths, keeping in mind what you want to get out...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:08:33 PST

First, write to your strengths, keeping in mind what you want to get out of the paper as you look for theme. I'd pick two or three of the tragedies you like best (or know best) and look at common threads between them. Then, of the themes you find, pick the one that you almost grasp and start analyzing and critiquing until you have a breakthrough of some sort. It's a little harder than picking the easiest, most obvious theme, but way more...

Can anyone help me with the best Shakespeare quotes?

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:28:01 PST

Can anyone help me with the best Shakespeare quotes?

amtrying to finish my final project about shakespearean tragedies i...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:15:45 PST

amtrying to finish my final project about shakespearean tragedies i cannot find the suitable theme to start with