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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... Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. Troilus and Cressida 1.2.287, Cressida To Pandarus ACTION, immediate 6 That we would do, We should do when we would. Hamlet 4.7.118-19, Claudius To Laertes 7 If it were done, when 'tis ...
... thing I cannot get. Comedy of Errors 1.2.33-4, Antipholus Of Syracuse To A Merchant 7 These few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no ...
... things we are. Lucrece 148-9 5 That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap. For in my way it lies. Macbeth 1.4.48-50, Macbeth 6 Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised. - Yet do I fear thy nature ...
... 1-2, Juliet 8 I am giddy: expectation whirls me round. Troilus and Cressida 3.2.16, Troilus, about to be brought to Cressida by Pandarus ANTONY see MARK ANTONY ANXIETY 1 Doubting things go ill often hurts more Than ANTONY | 9.
... thing appeared again tonight? Hamlet 1.1.24, Horatio To Barnardo And Marcellus 8 What art thou that usurp'st this time of night? Hamlet 1.1.49, Horatio questioning the ghost of Hamlet's father 9 But soft, behold. Lo, where it comes ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |