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“There’s something about the plays that makes them more than topical, more than of their own time. They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection.

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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“Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today,”

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"More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones, have been influenced by Shakespearean culture, and in turn, they have become their own popular culture phenomena."

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"And our experiences—concerning everything from gender, family and political intrigue to fame, race and class—are nimbly and memorably explored in these plays... His plays allow us to see ourselves anew."

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"And our experiences—concerning everything from gender, family and political intrigue to fame, race and class—are nimbly and memorably explored in these plays... His plays allow us to see ourselves anew."

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"His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage."

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"His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage."

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His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage.

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline."

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline."

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his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls.

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline... Shakespeare’s characters are familiar, and at the same time they surprise us out of our complacency...”

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline... Shakespeare’s characters are familiar, and at the same time they surprise us out of our complacency...”

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"... in the Harry Potter series... being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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"... in the Harry Potter series... being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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"'Students also can draw from their own experiences as high school students who watched the plays. We explore what these previous viewings mean in light of what they're learning now, or how they can see the issues raised in these recordings in terms of how we view politics and political machinations in our own time"

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¨They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection.¨

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"Students today should study Shakespeare simply to appreciate how much of our daily discourse we owe to his wordsmithery...If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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"Students today should study Shakespeare simply to appreciate how much of our daily discourse we owe to his wordsmithery...If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare.

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare.

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"Shakespeare was a masterly adapter, and his work is largely based on borrowing and interpretation. It’s only fitting that his plays have in turn been reworked endlessly."

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"He was a deft crafter of the English language, and his metaphors have made each of us all the richer as readers and writers.”

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"He was a deft crafter of the English language, and his metaphors have made each of us all the richer as readers and writers.”

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¨Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare.¨

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¨And our experiences—concerning everything from gender, family and political intrigue to fame, race and class—are nimbly and memorably explored in these plays.¨

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"Trapp asserts. “If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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"Maybe because his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story."

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"we know a Portia or a Henry V or a Banquo or a King Lear or a Richard III when we see them, no matter what the context. These recognizable characters could become shopworn and stale over time, but in both Shakespeare’s and Martin’s hands, they are fresh and real, rich and memorable.”

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"his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture"

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"'Shakespeare’s contemporary Ben Jonson wrote that Shakespeare’s work was ‘not of an age but for all time,’ which has proven to be prescient,' says Trapp. 'There’s something about the plays that makes them more than topical, more than of their own time.'"

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“'There’s something about the plays that makes them more than topical, more than of their own time... These plays have managed to speak complicated truths to all manner of audiences and readers for hundreds of years.'"

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series

(link is external)

being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline. These characters are, at once, types and revelations

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"'Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today,'"

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"Fans of Game of Thrones readily see traces of Lady Macbeth in Cersei, Falstaff in Robert Baratheon, Iago in Littlefinger—the list could go on."

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"'His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline. These characters are, at once, types and revelations.'"

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If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare.

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"Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage." "“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked..."

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¨It’s not just movie storylines that rework Shakespeare’s plots. More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones¨

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"There’s something about the plays that makes them more than topical, more than of their own time. They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment"

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Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare.

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Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare.

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Elvis

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"We can all relate to the feelings evoked by his stories, too. 'Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today.'"

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"We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline."

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"Have you ever said 'with bated breath,' that something is the 'be-all and the end-all' or that you wanted to 'break the ice'? Have you asked, 'Knock, knock! Who’s there?' If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"'Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today,' adds Trapp. 'We look to Shakespeare to make meaning of our experiences.'"

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“Shakespeare wanted his audience to react in the moment; he welcomed a physical connection to his work,” says Trapp. “He wrote for live audiences, and his plays were made to be performed."

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"Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"'If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’... or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare.'"

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“'If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied'... or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare.'"

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"His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage."

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"From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series

(link is external)

being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment."

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We look to Shakespeare to make meaning of our experiences. And our experiences—concerning everything from gender, family and political intrigue to fame, race and class—are nimbly and memorably explored in these plays.

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“We can perceive our postmodern predicament in Richard III’s power plays; our culture’s grappling with gender binary can be discerned in Twelfth Night’s probing of gender roles and expectations,” Trapp explains. “Shakespeare most likely did not imagine that his works would be so integral to our culture 400 years after his death.”

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter serie being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’... or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare..."

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"...ever said “with bated breath,”... “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”?... “Knock, knock! Who’s there?”... you have quoted Shakespeare."

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’[or] ‘tongue-tied...you’ve cited Shakespeare

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“with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare.

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“‘They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection.’”

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series

(link is external)

being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment

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"'We look to Shakespeare to make meaning of our experiences. And our experiences—concerning everything from gender, family and political intrigue to fame, race and class—are nimbly and memorably explored in these plays.'"

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His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline

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"More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones

, have been influenced by Shakespearean culture, and in turn, they have become their own popular culture phenomena."

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline. These characters are, at once, types and revelations. Shakespeare’s characters are familiar, and at the same time they surprise us out of our complacency—and in this way they are endlessly fascinating.”

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“We can perceive our postmodern predicament in Richard III’s power plays; our culture’s grappling with gender binary can be discerned in Twelfth Night’s probing of gender roles and expectations,"

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“Shakespeare’s... characters [are] complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today..."

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If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare. His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage.

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“There’s something about the plays that makes them more than topical, more than of their own time. They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection. These plays have managed to speak complicated truths to all manner of audiences and readers for hundreds of years.

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his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls

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"'They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection. These plays have managed to speak complicated truths to all manner of audiences and readers for hundreds of years.'"

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"We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline."

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"It’s not just movie storylines that rework Shakespeare’s plots. More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones(link is external), have been influenced by Shakespearean culture, and in turn, they have become their own popular culture phenomena."

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"...we know a Portia or a Henry V or a Banquo or a King Lear or a Richard III when we see them, no matter what the context."

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"'His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline.'"

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“If you’ve ever said ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage. We’re so steeped in Shakespeare that we’re not even aware of it anymore.

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They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection.

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 "We understand Hamlet's despondency; we recognize Othello's envy; we feel Lear's decline."

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 "We understand Hamlet's despondency; we recognize Othello's envy; we feel Lear's decline."

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Camila

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"His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they've entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage."

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"... his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls."

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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" Maybe because his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls."

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"[H]is timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls."

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"[H]is timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls."

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"The characters that populate Game of Thrones are complex, multifaceted and vivid. They resemble the rich, layered characters we find in Shakespeare, and these characters are so real that they have practically become types over the centuries"

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"Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones(link is external), have been influenced by Shakespearean culture, and in turn, they have become their own popular culture phenomena."

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"More and more television shows, including Game of Thrones(link is external), have been influenced by Shakespearean culture, and in turn, they have become their own popular culture phenomena."

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"We can all relate to the feelings evoked by his stories, too. 'Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today,' adds Trapp."

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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“If you’ve ever said ‘green-eyed monster,’ ‘in a pickle,’ ‘tongue-tied,’ ‘standing on ceremony,’ ‘wild goose chase,’ ‘cruel to be kind,’ ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve,’ ‘it’s Greek to me,’ ‘the clothes make the man,’ ‘forever and a day,’ or any of these other now-common sayings, you’ve cited Shakespeare."

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From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series(link is external) being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment.

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"Ben Jonson wrote that Shakespeare’s work was ‘not of an age but for all time,’ which has proven to be prescient”

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His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline. These characters are, at once, types and revelations. Shakespeare’s characters are familiar,... We can all relate to the feelings evoked by his stories, too. “Shakespeare’s language is gorgeous, his characters complex and the themes—love, honor, betrayal, envy, jealousy, fear, pride, lust, grief—are all issues that matter to us today,”

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"The characters that populate Game of Thrones are complex, multifaceted and vivid. They resemble the rich, layered characters we find in Shakespeare"

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"Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"Have you ever said “with bated breath,” that something is the “be-all and the end-all” or that you wanted to “break the ice”? Have you asked, “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” If so, you have quoted Shakespeare."

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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"They can teach us about the politics and the psychology of our current moment, about the intricacies of hubris and the fluidity of desire, the perils of blind ambition and the satisfactions of true connection."

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Richardo and Germax

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"Maybe because his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls"

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"Maybe because his timeless storylines continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story and teen flicks 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls"

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¨His turns of phrase were unconventional and ingenious, and today they’ve entered so fully into the English language that they seem to be beyond coinage¨.

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"Continue to speak to us through reinventions and new interpretations in popular culture, such as the musical West Side Story,"

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"From The Lion King’s plot being loosely based on that of Hamlet, to the fictional band the Weird Sisters in the Harry Potter series

being based on the three witches in Macbeth, Shakespearean influence and references continue to pop up in modern-day entertainment."

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline... Shakespeare’s characters are familiar, and at the same time they surprise us out of our complacency...”

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“His characters are ones we identify with. We understand Hamlet’s despondency; we recognize Othello’s envy; we feel Lear’s decline."