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6 days ago · “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. tags: love.
1 day ago · Drawing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Part of a series in which Paul Glenshaw draws and writes about each of the nine bas-reliefs by John Gregory on the Folger façade, this post explores the bas-relief of a scene from Romeo and Juliet and what Paul Glenshaw learned about it.
4 days ago · William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Shakespeare occupies a position unique in world literature.
4 days ago · Written more or less at the time when Shakespeare was writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet shares many of the characteristics of romantic comedy. Romeo and Juliet are not persons of extraordinary social rank or position, like Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
William Shakespeare — ‘Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.’
3 days ago · Shakespeare's writing in Romeo and Juliet is renowned for its poetic language and masterful use of imagery. The play is full of memorable quotes, such as Romeo's famous declaration, "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
6 days ago · Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life. Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.”. ― William Shakespeare , Julius Caesar. Read more quotes from William Shakespeare.
