Amanda's Shakespeare Blog September 2007 Archive

Othello, the story of a valiant Moorish general who falls prey to the devious schemes of Iago, is packed with memorable lines. Here are the most famous of them all. Related ... Read More

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with ... Read More

Here, as before, never, so help you mercy, How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself, As I, perchance, hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on, That you, at such times ... Read More

Why, may not that be the skull of a lawyer? Where be his quiddities now, his quillities, his cases, his tenures, and his tricks? Why does he suffer this mad ... Read More

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, ... Read More

This introduction to Julius Caesar will provide students with a general overview of the play and an introduction to its central characters, in addition to detailed answers to selected study ... Read More

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: ... Read More

Many students dread studying Shakespeare. However, while it is true that Shakespeare's dramas are the most demanding works encountered by high school students (and most college students who do not ... Read More

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches' mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew Silver'd in ... Read More