The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare QuotationsA&C Black, 2014 M07 17 - 408 pages Who said " Neither a lender nor a borrower be"? Who are the star-crossed lovers? Which Shakespearean lady protests "too much"? If you have ever been stuck trying to identify a Shakespearean quote then this is the book for you! With over 3,000 quotes from single lines to quite long extracts, organized by topic and by play, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. The key word index makes it easy to use and it also includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms and a brief biography of Shakespeare. The Dictionary is easy to dip into by word or theme (love, greed, disease, war etc) or by play, and the indexes allow readers to track down a half-remembered quote easily. An ideal companion for all students, teachers or performers of Shakespeare, this Dictionary is a useful and entertaining reference work. |
From inside the book
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... father sleeping 3 Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, For things that are not to be remedied. 1 Henry V7 3.3.3-4, Pucelle (joan Oe Arc) To The Bastard 4 Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows, Which shows like grief itself ...
... father, royal Dane. Hamlet 1.4.38-45 2 I am thy father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. Hamlet ...
... FATHERS; MOTHERS; PARENTS AND CHILDREN CHILDREN, having or not having 2 Get thee to a nunnery. Why, wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? Hamlet 3.1.121-2, Hamlet To Ophelia 3 The world must be peopled. Much Ado About Nothing 2.3.232-3 ...
... father with Claudius 10 My father's brother - but no more like my father Than I to Hercules. Hamlet 1.2.152-3, Hamlet 1 Comparisons are odorous. Much Ado About Nothing 3.5.15, Dogberry COMPARISONS | 35.
... father King Henry 3 We are ready to try our fortunes To the last man. 2 Henry IV 4.2.43-4, Mowbray To Hastings 4 Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Julius Caesar 2.2.32-3, Julius ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |