Happy Shakespeare's Birthday!
If you told me I could ready only one book for the rest of my life, I would without hesitation choose the complete works of Shakespeare. He was brilliant, dramatic, funny, and naughty. He practically reinvented the English language. And I don't know that any writer had more insight into the human condition.
Is there anything we need to know about parents and children that isn't contained in King Lear? Or anything about ambition and power that isn't included in Macbeth?
Let's hear of a few of your favorite Shakespeare quotations, in honor of the Bard. I'll start (from memory, so forgive me if they're slightly off):
"How much sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" (Lear)
"If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly" (Macbeth)
"Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms" (Midsummer Night's Dream)
Is there anything we need to know about parents and children that isn't contained in King Lear? Or anything about ambition and power that isn't included in Macbeth?
Let's hear of a few of your favorite Shakespeare quotations, in honor of the Bard. I'll start (from memory, so forgive me if they're slightly off):
"How much sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" (Lear)
"If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly" (Macbeth)
"Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms" (Midsummer Night's Dream)
51-55, M
