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Self | April 23, 2016 | PJ-Comix

Posted on 04/23/2016 8:31:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Exactly 400 years ago on this day, William Shakespeare passed this mortal coil. His effect on the English language was YUUUUUGE. Therefore I am asking for general observations on The Bard.

p.s. PLEASE DON'T post conspiracy theories about how the true author of the Shakespeare plays was really somebody else. That stuff is old AND annoying. It was SHAKESPEARE who wrote it.


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To: PJ-Comix

Unfortunately the Great Scalia was Antisratfordian.


21 posted on 04/23/2016 8:47:07 AM PDT by Dr. Juris
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To: PJ-Comix

The guy could write a play as well as a sonnet or two.


22 posted on 04/23/2016 8:48:48 AM PDT by xp38
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To: kosciusko51
Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Many of Shakespeare's plays preceded the King James Bible which was begun in 1604 so perhaps Shakespeare influenced the language of the KJV Bible.

23 posted on 04/23/2016 8:49:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Take some time to read up on Elizabethan romantic imagery.

He’s much funnier than most people realize.


24 posted on 04/23/2016 8:49:21 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: PJ-Comix

The starting plot for the tv show Dallas too.


25 posted on 04/23/2016 8:50:06 AM PDT by xp38
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To: PJ-Comix

I think he’s still dead. There is a rumor his skull might be somewhere besides the rest of his bones, however.


26 posted on 04/23/2016 8:52:33 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: PJ-Comix

... You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon

27 posted on 04/23/2016 8:53:20 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Thereby hangs a tail!


28 posted on 04/23/2016 8:56:21 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: PJ-Comix

I had the pleasure of visiting London last July, and we attended the Globe Theatre where they performed Richard II. I’ve always loved John of Gaunt’s “England” speech. I always pictured it as a rousing anthem to England. Instead, it was a lament for what England used to be.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,


29 posted on 04/23/2016 8:56:31 AM PDT by klgator
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To: buffaloguy
Words INVENTED by Shakespeare:

Addiction

Advertising

Bandit

Blanket

Cater

Critic

Dawn

Dwindle

Epileptic

Elbow (as verb)

Fixture

Frugal

Generous

Gnarled

Gossip

Grovel

Hint

Impede

Jaded

Label

Luggage

Mimic

Negotiate

Obscene

Pedant

Rant

Scuffle

Skim milk

Torture

Tranquil

Unreal

Varied

Worthless

Zany

30 posted on 04/23/2016 8:56:34 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

“Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in blood.”


31 posted on 04/23/2016 8:56:48 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: PJ-Comix

His phrase; “Much Ado About Nothing” can be very easily applied in today’s world, with our obsession on celebrities who are famous for being famous.


32 posted on 04/23/2016 8:57:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: PJ-Comix

“Mortal coil” refers to the human body, not the planet Earth.


33 posted on 04/23/2016 8:58:31 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: Vaquero

34 posted on 04/23/2016 9:00:17 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: disndat

Some say Shakespeare was involved in the translation. If so, my guess would be John. Certainly not Paul.


35 posted on 04/23/2016 9:00:48 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: PJ-Comix
Perhaps, but at best, speculative. There were other great writers at that time. In fact, the authorship of Shakespeare's works have been attributed to other possible authors.

The fact that there is a dispute tends to indicate a level of writing outside of Shakespeare equal to his works at that time, and it would be difficult to assess their impact on each other.

36 posted on 04/23/2016 9:01:26 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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Actually, no. The 400th anniversary of his death is May 3.

England was still using the Julian calendar at that time so the April 23 date is "Old Style"--equivalent to May 3 "New Style."

Cervantes' death is traditionally given as April 23, 1616 (N.S.), but it appears that it is now thought he actually died on April 22 (April 23 was the date of his burial).

37 posted on 04/23/2016 9:01:59 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: lee martell; Charles Henrickson

“Brevity is the soul of Wit.” And I’ve used that quote when commenting on long-winded blowhard William Rivers Pitt.


38 posted on 04/23/2016 9:02:21 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

I am in my 60s and just saw my first Shakespeare play last weekend at Chapman University. It was The Merchant of Venice. I have two observations. 1. It surprised me that it it was easy to understand and follow. I hated reading these plays in high school because I didn’t have the patience to stay with them. 2. His portrayal of Shylock, the Jewish lender, was brutal.


39 posted on 04/23/2016 9:04:06 AM PDT by Sam Clements
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To: Savage Beast

It’s Time’s, not time’s.


40 posted on 04/23/2016 9:07:07 AM PDT by firebrand
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