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A SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTE GAME....

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With these delightful quote games springing up everywhere, how about one for the most quoted writer of all time....The BARD?

I'm assuming it is probably acceptable to award Sherlock points for this, and I'm also assuming the game can follow the same rules as the other quote games.

As the Moderator of this Forum, I declare that the person guessing must give the name of the Play and the name of the Character who speaks the line. For Example
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright

Answer
"Romeo and Juliet"--Romeo. (And for a brownie point, you can tell whom the line is spoken to--> in this case, a Servingman, whom he has asked to identify the lovely girl he sees across the room....Juliet, of course.)
Behold the first contest quote:
I am a man more sinned against than sinning.
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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Post by Kvetch »

I KNOW that quote...

EDIT: turns out I didn't - I thought Prospero. I was wrong, but now know the answer (but since posting it would give a point to 'google', I won't)
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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Post by laurie »

It is spoken by Lear, in "King Lear", but I'm not sure to whom. Perhaps Cordelia? (too lazy to dig out my Pelican Complete to look it up)



Try this one:

"What a piece of work is man!"


/my mom used that one on my dad whenever he annoyed her. :wink:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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Correct! Lear says it to Kent, defending his behavior by putting the blame on others. (His fatal flaw--refusing to accept personal responsibility)


One Sherlock for Laurie.

I'll let someone else have a go at What a piece of work is man....For a while.

Though I can't help but extend the quote, one of my favorites!
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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Post by Edge »

Heh, easy one. That's Hamlet, from, uh, 'Hamlet'.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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Edge wrote:Heh, easy one. That's Hamlet, from, uh, 'Hamlet'.
Laurie will have to give you the sherlock. Don't forget to post a new quote from Shakespeare!
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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A Sherlock for the Edge of the Universe! :clap:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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:wink:
I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it
Heh, couldn't resist that one!
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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Hmmm. Sounds like something Falstaff would say....
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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I'll give the rest of the troops a chance since I already got one.


/me thinks Edge chose this with more than one purpose in mind :wink:
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I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it
I think that's from "As You Like It". :P
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Brad wrote:
I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it
I think that's from "As You Like It". :P
Yes, but you also have to report who said it....(I finally remembered this one last night. :slap: I'm much more for the tragedies than the comedies. It must be my dark and depressive personality. :roll: )
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
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But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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I know the quote, but not who said it ... and I refuse to google.

Half a point then ? :wink:
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Post by Kvetch »

I think that's fair...
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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Brad wrote:I know the quote, but not who said it ... and I refuse to google.

Half a point then ? :wink:

:wink: Wanna borrow my Complete Works of William Shakespeare?

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Or here is a very nice site.

Edge has to give you your point--or half point, since he posted the quote.
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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Post by Edge »

Done - your go, Brad.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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Post by Kvetch »

^bump^?
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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Post by Aunflin »

<bump> indeed--Brad always likes to answer the quote...and then ends the game by not posting a new quote... :slap: We'll have to wait till next week, unfortunately, unless he sneaks in on the weekend....
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