6 Famous Quotations from Shakespeare

I’ll share with you some of the most famous short quotations from Shakespeare’s plays, with a little bit of background information to the quotation, and something about the character who is speaking. We will cover quotations from Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, and Richard III. However much, or however little you already know about Shakespeare, I hope I can encourage you to explore further, by reading one or more of his plays, watching one of the many film versions, or even doing some performing! www.engvid.com/6-famous-quota...
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In this lesson:
00:00 Introduction to Shakespeare
01:37 "That one may smile and smile and be a villain" - Hamlet
04:58 "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania" - A Midsummer Night's Dream
07:38 "When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools." - King Lear
10:45 "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." - The Merchant of Venice
12:52 "When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married." - Much Ado About Nothing
15:29 "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" - Richard III

[@engvidGill]

Thanks for watching, everyone! Next, watch my new video explaining 5 famous quotations from Charles Dickens: ruclips.net/video/m-C4Lss5sD4/видео.html
Or learn more about Shakespeare's influence on English: ruclips.net/video/alInQ7nzKrI/видео.html

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For my final very long paper, I did and Operetic
Study of some Shakespearean plays that were used for the libretto in various Operas. It was
Lovely to work on: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A midsummer Nights’ dream, King Lear, perhaps Richard iii- can’t remember all now, but your way of talking brought back to me the everyday kind of wisdom that abounds In Shakespeare. Thank you so very much, Nancy

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I loved the magical Mid-Summer's Night's Dream followed by Merchant of Venice. The complex Hamlet and saw the play too. I think Shakespeare was one of the best poets of our times and I will always be in awe of him. Thank you Gill for your video today. A good Teacher always makes the subject more interesting 😎

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Thank you Gill!
You have rekindled my interest in Shakespear.
I've read three of Shakespear's Plays:
1) Romeo and Juliet
2) The Merchant of Venice, and
3) Macbeth.
Next week I will go to look for "Much Ado About Nothing".
I like The Oxford Shakespear Editions.
Once again, thank you!
You make reading Shakespear's Plays really pleasurable.
Albert

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Thanks,Ma'am Gill,for the lesson on wonderful quotations by the eminent playwright William Shakespeare ! Though the plays of Shakespeare,are not quite easy to understand,due to the usage of the ancient style of literary language,unless we are properly guided by a professor of English ! When we know the contents of play,we start enjoying it !
Thanks 😃

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Thank you very much for this awesome lesson. Shakespeare is great. I have read many works of it, but it is always important to review them.

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I love this classes early in the morning for me. Years ago I wanted to show off my English with friends and learnt by hart a little verse from Shakespeare’s Midsummer when Puk says (more or less): Two spotted snakes with double tongue, thorny hedghog be not seen, knwets and blind worms do not wrong, be not near to my fairy Queen.
Thanks for your lovely lessons!

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Thank you very much for this beautiful and gentle talk about these six fantastic Shakespeare quotes. Brilliant sharings! 🎉❤

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Delightful lesson! Thank you for this lovely idea, talking about Shakespeare's plays ❤ My favorite one is by far Much ado about nothing.

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Thank you so much for describing so nicely the quations from Shakespeare's Plas. You speaks very nicely.

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It's seems so Simple.

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Thanks a million for reminding me my college days. Great way of explaining Shakespeare! Will be getting back to you.

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Thanks Gill

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Shakeapeare is all time great dramatist.
Thanks a lot.

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Oh, Gill, I was hoping you'd say King Lear's line once or twice more!! Love your soft voice and when you recite it's lovely!!

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I loved this class, Gil. It is interesting to notice the class prejudice against the poor people who lived in the villages. The word 'villain' primarily refers to the villager. People who lived in villages were mostly poor (serfs) in the Middle Ages, and even later, with the rise of the bourgeoisie. Therefore, poverty often impelled them to commit crimes, such as stealing animals belonging to the nobility and the clergy, which is why they were labeled as evil and why the evil characters in the tales are still called villains today, without us noticing the historical weight on the word.

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It was very helpful 💐

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I saw the Midsummers night dream, play, a long time ago in a botanical garden. Wonderful, I had not read it before, but it was a beautifully played.

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[@engvidGill]

Hi - many thanks for your kind comments. I recommend one of Shakespeare's comedies, Much Ado About Nothing - in addition to reading it, you might like to watch a film version, eg there's one directed by Kenneth Branagh. All the best for your studies :-)

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Pozdrawiam z Polski.

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Thank you so much Miss Gill, you gave me an excellent way to access to Shakespeare. Before, I once read book of Merchant of Venice n I found it quite hard.

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Hello from Saint-Petersburg!
Thank you very much for such an interesting, easy and at the same time informative video.
I really like this mixing of language learning, literature and just the pleasure of immersing in art. I binge read Shakespear’s plays when I was a girl of about 12 years old. They was translated into Russian of course. I don’t risk to read these plays in the original. It seems to me interesting that the quote from Richadr the third translated into russian sounds like “A horse! A horse! A half kingdom for a horse!” I don’t know why.

[@engvidGill]

Hi - thank you for your kind comments. The translation is interesting - when Richard III calls out "My kingdom for a horse" I think he must have been offering all of his kingdom - though of course this was the character in Shakespeare's play, and I don't think there's any evidence that the real Richard III said that. Here is an interesting link: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/richard-iii-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/

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Hi, Gill! Thank you for the lesson about Shakespeare! I'd like to know more about verse metrics! As a suggestion for some future video on poetry if you'd like it! Thank you!

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I love very much these book quotations. Very good explained through the history context. Thanks

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Thank you Gill!

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Great quotations, some of them are in my favourite list. Dear Gill, do you have a video about English idioms?

[@engvidGill]

Hi - yes, I have several videos that cover idioms - I suggest you type "idiom" into the search area (magnifying glass symbol, top right) on my main channel page, and you'll find a list of them :-)

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