Out, Out...

[val]

**** spot!

Well, we'll try going a little upscale now in our quote remembrances. The above quote is Lady Macbeth's conscience getting the better of her, and is obviously from Shakespeare.

So, all you high schoolers, here is the chance to dust off that one Shakespeare play you read this past year.

Here's part of my favorite Shakespeare soliloquy, the St Crispin's Day speech from Henry V:

But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; ......

And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here
And hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks
That fought with upon St Crispin's Day.


Val

[OrionGirl]

Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute?

I will attend her here,
And woo her with some spirit when she comes.
Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale:
Say that she frown, I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses newly wash'd with dew:
Say she be mute and will not speak a word;
Then I'll commend her volubility,
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence:
If she do bid me pack, I'll give her thanks,
As though she bid me stay by her a week:
If she deny to wed, I'll crave the day
When I shall ask the banns and when be married.

The Taming of the Shrew has long been one of my favorite Shakespearean plays.

[val]

Hey OG,

I knew you'd be the first to respond;)

[happychem]

strangely enough, this crept into my head Saturday:

MacBeth:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
creeps in this petty pace
from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time.
When all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
To die, to sleep no more,
Life's but a walking shadow,
A poor player who struts and frets his moment upon the stage
'Tis a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury.

And I forget the rest

They made the guys memorize this in grade 8 (so some12 years ago, I think):
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
whose vestal livery is but sick and green with envy,
That thou, her maid, are far more fair than she.

...and again, more that's slipped my mind.:rolleyes:

[ash]

Hamlet- I am but mad north by northwest- when the wind blows southerly- I know a hawk from a handsaw.

[heat]

"A traveller! By my faith, you have great reason to
be sad: I fear you have sold your own lands to see
other men's; then, to have seen much and to have
nothing, is to have rich eyes and poor hands."

Rosalind- As We Like It

If anyone get's the chance to visit Stratford Ontario you really should schedule the time to attend one of the local productions.
Stratford (http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/index.cfm)

[kveeti]

Originally posted by happychem


MacBeth:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
creeps in this petty pace
from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
Out, out brief candle
Life's but a walking shadow,
A poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more
'Tis a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury.

And I forget the rest

SIGNIFYING NOTHING



This is ABSOLUTELY my most favourite piece and has been for decades. Very profound and meaningful to a shy, unpopular teenager...

[Leopardess]

Shakespeare rocks. I can't wait until I have a class room full of kids to feed it to.

"Aye madame, 'tis common." - Hamlet demonstrating his greatness at word play when discussing how his father's passing was common - and how common (lowly) it is for his mother, the queen, to be shacking up with her husband's brother.

I have too many to even quote. Amazing author.

[happychem]

Originally posted by kveeti
Very profound and meaningful to a shy, unpopular teenager...

That must be why I like that passage so much.

[val]

Well, my wife was reading this post and she gently reminded me that I'd got my original quote wrong, and that it should be:

Out, damm spot, Out I say!" (Where's the embarrassed smiley when you need it?)

Val

[catfish69hunter]

Bump i thought i would just bump up a random old thread just for no reason.

[Lady G]

Ya..flippin goof!!!:perv:

[catfish69hunter]

you know you just had to look and see why such an old thread came up G

[Lady G]

Cat, oh Cat...where for art thou cat!!

LOL, actually I didn't notice that it was an old thread till I opened it and saw OR in it.

[catfish69hunter]

I bearly knew thee. Thee lady known as G

who is or? and have they stoped posting?

[The Zigman]

Et tu` Catfish?

[catfish69hunter]

fare well and adu to my fair spanish ladys fare well and adu to my lads of spain

[The Zigman]

Let them eat cake!

[catfish69hunter]

A friend in the market is better than money in the wallet.

[Dwarf Puffers]

When is someone going to quote Kuhli? :lipssealedsmilie:

[catfish69hunter]

Why dont you