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= ﻿ Fun Facts = = About William Shakespeare =

William Shakespeare, nicknamed the Bard of Avon, was an Elizabethan playwright who wrote 154 sonnets and 37 plays. He was born in Stratford-On-Avon in 1564. He is the son of Mary Arden and John Shakespeare. When he was 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than him. They had three children: Susannah, the eldest, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son died in 1596 at the age of 11. After the birth of their children, he soon left Stratford for London. Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet// was inspired by a poem by Arthur Brook called //The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet.// Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. His wife dies 7 years later. = Quotes = "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. - William Shakespeare, //Romeo and Juliet//, 2.2

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - William Shakespeare, //Romeo and Juliet//, 2.2

"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume." -William Shakespeare, //Romeo and Juliet//, 2.3

"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 and pale with grief That thou, her maid art far more fair than she." -William Shakespeare, //Romeo and Juliet//, 2.2

"To be, or not to be: that is the question." -William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, 3.1

"This above all: to thine own self be true" -William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, 1.3

" Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." -William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, 2.2 "I will praise any man that will praise me." -William Shakespeare, //Antony and Cleopatra//, 2.6

"I'll make death love me; for I will contend Even with his pestilent scythe." -William Shakespeare, //Antony and Cleopatra//, 3.13     "Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." -William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, 2.2 "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go." -William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, 3.3 "Nothing will come of nothing." -William Shakespeare, //King Lear//, 1.1

"Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it." -William Shakespeare, //Macbeth//, 1.5 <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">"They say, best men are moulded out of faults, <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">And, for the most, become much more the better <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">For being a little bad." <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">-William Shakespeare, //Measure for Measure//, 5.1 "Music oft hath such a charm <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">To make bad good, and good provoke to harm." <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">-William Shakespeare, //Measure for Measure//, 4.1 <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">"Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,Could ever hear by tale or history,The course of true love never did run smooth." <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">-William Shakespeare, //A Midsummer Night's Dream//, 1.1 "Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">More than cool reason ever comprehends." <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">-William Shakespeare, //A Midsummer Night's Dream//, 5.1 "The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief." -William Shakespeare, //Othello//, 1.3

"If love be rough with you, be rough with love; <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down." <span style="display: block; font-family: sans-serif,Helvetica,Geneva,Arial,SunSans-Regular;">-William Shakespeare, //Romeo and Juliet//, 1.4 "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." -William Shakespeare, //Twelfth Night//, 2.5

= Games = In Shakespeare's time, these games were popular: These games, among others, were mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. = Pictures = William Shakespeare
 * Marbles
 * Muss- small objects are thrown down to see who can grab them
 * Noddy- a card game
 * Novem Quinquc- a game of dice
 * Primero- a card game
 * Push Pin- a game consisting simply of pushing one pin across another
 * Quintain- a figure was set up for 'tilters' to run out, like a mock tournament
 * Wrestling

Anne Hathaway

= =   The Globe Theater, a famous theater in Shakespeare's time. Shakespearean London

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