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Author Archives: jimmie
Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2
“…And now remains That we find the cause of this effect” In Current Language: We must try to understand the causes of what’s happening. Suggestions For Use: When you are on the point of explaining to an audience the reasons behind a series of events and when the subject may be politically sensitive. The reference Read More
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King Richard III, act 5, sc. 2
“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings: Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.” In Current Language: Hope, sustained by good reasons and good motives, is nimble, and soars with the graces of a flying swallow. It can transform kings into divine creatures and common Read More
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Titus Andronicus, act 5, sc. 3 “If one good deed…”
Quote: “Ten thousand evils worse than ever yet I did Would I perform, if I might have my will: If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul” Read More
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Richard III, act 3, sc. 7 “… meditating with two deep divines”
Play: Richard III, act 3, sc. 7 Actual Quote: “… my lord, this prince is not an Edward! He is not lolling on a lewd day-bed, But on his knees at meditation; Not dallying with a brace of courtezans, But meditating with two deep divines; Not sleeping, to engross his idle body, But praying, to Read More
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Twelfth Night, act 3, sc. 4
Actual Quote: “If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.” In Current Language: If I witnessed these events played on a stage, I would rate the fiction as unrealistic. Suggestions For Use: Colorful way to express incredulity at what is happening under your eyes, directly or at Read More
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All’s Well That Ends Well, act 3, sc. 3
Actual Quote “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill go together: our virtues would be proud, if our faults whipped them not, and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.” In Current Language: Life can be compared to a yarn, woven into an intricate Read More
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King Richard III, act 4. Sc. 4 Actual Quote: “An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.” In Current Language: An audience responds more positively to a story that is told simply Suggestions For Use: It could be your comment on questionable, dubious and intricate statements. Any listener intent to find applications of the Read More
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Hamlet, act 3, sc. 3, Crime and Remorse
Actual Quote: “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” In Current Language: My words may seem or sound good, but my thoughts have not changed. From the point of view of decency and honor, hypocritical words are empty and useless. Suggestions For Use: Apply part of the Read More
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The Tempest, act 1, sc. 1 – Results of Language Learning
Actual Quote: “You taught me language and my profit on it Is, I know how to curse.” In Current Language: The quote is clear without a translation. Still, Read More
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Merchant of Venice, on Pretension of Goodness, Act 2, sc.2
Actual Quote: “There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts” In Current Language: Almost every vice may be made to present an outward appearance of goodness. Suggestions For Use: When your political adversary tries to cover up or apply a good spin to something particularly bad. Read More
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