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    quotes from Shakespeare in writers works

    At the very begining I would like to quote two fragments:

    "Now is the winter of our discontent
    Made glorious summer by this son of York;
    And all the clouds that low`r`d upon our hourse
    In the deep bosom of the ocean buried"

    (Shakespeare, "Richard III")


    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the edge of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity...."
    (Dickens, "A Tale of two cities")



    Do you know more Shakesperean words hidden in the works of different writers?

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    I guess if they are "hidden" they would be hard to spot. I'm sure that as his influence has been so pervasive on the development of English and its literature, there must be Shakespearean language embedded in many texts as it is embedded in everyday speech. I've recently read an American novel called "The Weird Sisters" which is bursting at the seams with Shakespeare.

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    "Like Guildenstern Oak was happy in that he was not over happy." Thomas Hardy Far From the Madding Crowd P114.

    I read this line this morning and the lightbulb flashed as I read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead only yesterday.
    "The farther he goes the more good it does me. I don’t want philosophies, tracts, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the sh1t the more I am grateful to him..."
    -- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett

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    Shakespeare was very popular among the writers here in Romanticism (f.ex. J. Słowacki).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_S%C5%82owacki

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    from Macbeth

    In a dark cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.
    Enter the Witches.


    WITCH.
    Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.
    WITCH.
    Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd.
    WITCH.
    Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time!
    WITCH.
    Round about the caldron go;

    then all together:

    Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
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    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    from Macbeth

    Witch.
    When shall we three meet again
    In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
    Witch.
    When the hurlyburly ’s done,
    When the battle ’s lost and won.

    Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
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    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Fragments from Macbeth can be found in this polish drama: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordian

    Unfortunately I have never had opportunity to read it in English.

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    The Shakespeare of the horror genre.

    “He whisked off her shoes and panties in one movement, wild like an enraged shark. His bulky totem beating a seductive rhythm. Mary's body felt like it was burning, even though the room was properly air-conditioned. They tried all the positions - on top, doggy, and normal.

    Exhausted they collapsed onto the recently extended sofa-bed. Then a hell beast ate them.”
    ― Garth Marenghi, Slicer

    I think we can all agree it's pretty self evident here.

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    I agree.

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    I thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hannah_arendt View Post
    At the very begining I would like to quote two fragments:

    "Now is the winter of our discontent
    Made glorious summer by this son of York;
    And all the clouds that low`r`d upon our hourse
    In the deep bosom of the ocean buried"

    (Shakespeare, "Richard III")...

    ....Do you know more Shakesperean words hidden in the works of different writers?
    How about a book title example.
    John Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent
    "Mongo only pawn in game of life" - Mongo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10

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    Funny, after all the reading I've done over the years, all I can think of is Hemmingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls," but that's from John Donne, not Shakespeare.

    One would think that about one-fifth of all titles of published English language literature would allude to The Bard. But, then, one might be deep in his cups on a Saturday ngiht and unable to remember most of the titles one has read.

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    Thomas Hardy quotes Shakespeare in his preface to Tess of the D’Urbervilles

    “As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods. They kill us for their sport”
    The whole life of Tess seems to move around it.

    Title of Hardy’s other novel Under the Greenwood Tree is taken of Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It.

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    The Smiths use a quote from Richard III I think in Cemetery Gates
    I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo

    If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock

    Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire

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    Another book title - Pale Fire by Nabokov

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