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Shakespeare on Poverty
Famous passages about poverty from Shakespeare's works.
Sonnet 18
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
Sonnet 17
Shakespeare's Sonnet 17 - Who will believe my verse in time to come
Sonnet 16
Shakespeare's Sonnet 16 - But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Sonnet 15
Shakespeare's Sonnet 15 - When I consider every thing that grows
Sonnet 14
sonnet 14 - Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck
Sonnet 13
Shakespeare's Sonnet 13 - O, that you were yourself! but, love, you are
Sonnet 12
Sonnet 12 - When I do count the clock that tells the time...
Sonnet 11
Shakespeare's sonnet 11 - As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest
Sonnet 10
The text of Shakespeare's sonnet 10 - For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any
Sonnet 9
sonnet 9 Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye
Sonnet 8
sonnet 8 - Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sonnet 7
Sonnet 7 Lo! in the orient when the gracious light
Sonnet 6
Sonnet 6 - Then let not winter's ragged hand deface...
Sonnet 5
Sonnet 5 - Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
Sonnet 4
Sonnet 4 - Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend...
Sonnet 3
Shakespeare's Sonnet 3 - Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest
Sonnet 2
Shakespeare's Sonnet 2
Sonnet 1
The text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 1.
Julius Caesar (Act 5, Scene 1)
Julius Caesar: Act 5, Scene 1
Shakespeare's Influence on Other Writers
Shakespeare influenced every generation of writers since his death and still has an impact on contemporary plays, movies, and poems.
A Guide to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
An introduction to Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar, with an outline of the characters Brutus, Antony, Cassius, Portia, Calprunia, Octavius, and Julius Caesar himself. Study questions with detailed answers are included.
Shakespeare, Cain, and Abel
Like all citizens of Tudor England, Shakespeare would have had an intimate knowledge of every story in the Bible. There are scores of biblical references in Shakespeare's works, but the story of Cain and Abel seems to have been one of his favorites.
Julius Caesar (Act 1, Scene 3)
The complete text of Act 1, scene 3 of Shakespeare tragedy, Julius Caesar
Top 10 Quotations from The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is unique amongst Shakespeare's plays because it is set in Shakespeare's England. The play is packed with quotations that you know and love. Here are the top ten.