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A PROJECT ONSHAKESPEAREAN QUOTESSUBMITTED TO:Mrs. Alka Mehta(Faculty of English)

SUBMITTED BY:Prathmendra HidkoSection BSemester IISubmitted on: 07-04-2015

HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, RAIPURDECLARATION

I, Prathmendra Hidko, hereby declare that, the project work entitled, SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES submitted to H.N.L.U., Raipur is a record of an original work done by me under the able guidance of Mrs. Alka Mehta, Faculty Member, H.N.L.U., and Raipur.

Prathmendra HidkoRoll No. 11107/05/2015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to the Almighty who gave me the strength to accomplish the project with sheer hard work and honesty. This research venture has been made possible due to the generous co-operation of various persons. To list them all is not practicable, even to repay them in words is beyond the domain of my lexicon.

May I observe the protocol to show my deep gratitude to the venerated Faculty-in-charge Mrs. Alka Mehta, for her kind gesture in allotting me such a wonderful and elucidating research topic.

Prathmendra Hidko

CONTENTS

1. Declaration2

2. Acknowledgements..............3

3. Introduction..5

4. Early life ..6

5. Famous Quotes and Quotations from the play..7

6. William Shakespeare Quotes Plagiarism.8

7. William Shakespeare famous Quotes and Quotations9

8. Some other Quotes and quotations.10

9. Summary......13

10. Bibliography...14

Introduction

Shakespeare is the most quoted English writer of all time, and second in history only to the writer of the Bible. Its notsurprisinggiven the volume and quality of works that Shakespeare wrote along with the enduring popularity of his plays and sonnets around the world that virtually everyone can quote Shakespeare, even if at times they dont know theyre doing it!

As the most quoted English writer Shakespeare has more than his share of famous quotes. Some quotes are famous for their beauty some for their everyday truths and some for their wisdom.We often talk about the quotes as things the wise Bard is saying to us but we shouldremember that some of the apparently wisest words are spoken by some of Shakespearesbiggest fools. For example, both neither a borrower nor a lender be, and to thine own selfbe true are both from the foolish, garrulous, quite disreputable Polonius in Hamlet.

Early Life

William Shakespeare was the son ofJohn Shakespeare, analdermanand a successful glover originally fromSnitterfield, andMary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer.He was born inStratford-upon-Avonand baptized there on 26 April 1564. His actual date of birth remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April,Saint George's Day.This date, which can be traced back to an 18th-century scholar's mistake, has proved appealing to biographers, since Shakespeare died 23 April 1616.He was the third child of eight and the eldest surviving son.Although no attendance records for the period survive, most biographers agree that Shakespeare was probably educated at theKing's New Schoolin Stratford,a free school chartered in 1553,about a quarter-mile (400 m) from his home.Grammar schoolsvaried in quality during the Elizabethan era, but grammar school curricula were largely similar, the basicLatintext was standardized by royal decree,and the school would have provided an intensive education in grammar based upon Latinclassicalauthors.

Famous Quotes and Quotations from the plays of William ShakespeareShakespearean quotations such as "To be, or not to be" and "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" form some of literature's most celebrated lines and if asked to recite one of William Shakespeare's most famous quotes or quotations the majority of people would choose one of these. However, many expressions that we use every day originated in William Shakespeare's plays. We use the Bard's words all of the time in everyday speech, however, we are often totally unaware that we are 'borrowing' sayings from his work! William Shakespeare is attributed with writing 38 plays, Famous Shakespearean sonnets and 5 other poems and used about 21,000 different words. William Shakespeare is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with the introduction of nearly 3,000 words into the language. It's no wonder that expressions from the works of William Shakespeare have become 'anonymous' parts of the English language.

William Shakespeare Quotes - Plagiarism!The words and quotes of the William Shakespeare can be found everywhere! Shakespearean quotations can be heard on the radio and television on a daily basis. The advertising media love to make use of William Shakespeare quotes and sayings. Famous authors have even used Shakespearean quotations as titles for their books such Aldous Huxley and 'Brave New World'. And speaking of famous authors did you know that "What the dickens" was one of the quotes used by William Shakespeare, long before Charles Dickens was born. Other famous Shakespearean quotations such as "I'll not budge an inch", "We have seen better days" ,"A dish fit for the gods" are all used frequently and, almost as a parody, the expression it's "Greek to me" is often used to describe a frustrated student's view of Shakespeare's work! Politicians dig deep into their pool of William Shakespeare quotes and quotations such as "Fair Play", "Foregone Conclusion ", "One Fell Swoop", and "Into Thin Air ". Furthermore, other Shakespearean quotes such as "to thine own self be true" have become widely spoken pearls of wisdom. So quotes from William Shakespeare have now become household words and sayings - and just to emphasise the point "household word" is also one of the Bard's 'anonymous' quotations!

Some Famous examples of William Shakespeare Quotes and Quotations !

"To be, or not to be: that is the question". - Hamlet (Act III, Scene I).

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene III).

"This above all: to thine own self be true". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene III)."Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him". -(ActIII,SceneII).

"But, for my own part, it was Greek to me". - (Act I, Scene II)."The course of true love never did run smooth". - (Act I, Scene I).

Some other Shakespeare Quotes:-

What's in a name? That which we call a rose:Juliet:"What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet."Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow:Macbeth:To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 1928

The lady doth protest too much:Player Queen:Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife,If once I be a widow, ever I be a wife!Player King:'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here a while,My spirits grow dull, and fain I would beguileThe tedious day with sleep.Player Queen:Sleep rock thy brain,And never come mischance between us twain!Hamlet:Madam, how like you this play?Queen:The lady doth protest too much, methinks.Hamlet Act 3, scene 2, 222230

If music be the food of love, play on:Duke Orsino:If music be the food of love, play on,Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,The appetite may sicken, and so die.Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 13

All the world's a stage:Jaques:All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages.As You Like It Act 2, scene 7, 139143There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio:Hamlet:Swear by my swordNever to speak of this that you have heard.Ghost:[Beneath] Swear by his sword.Hamlet:Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.Horatio:O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!Hamlet:And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159167

Such stuff as dreams are made on:Prospero:Our revels now are ended. These our actors,As I foretold you, were all spirits, andAre melted into air, into thin air:And like the baseless fabric of this vision,The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples, the great globe itself,Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuffAs dreams are made on; and our little lifeIs rounded with a sleep.The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 148158

Et tu, Brute?:Caesar:"Et tu, Brute?"Julius Caesar (III, i, 77)

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars:Cassius:"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,But in ourselves, that we are underlings."Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)

CONCLUSION

Quotes are statements, small little saying that somehow or somewhat are big little sayings that brighten our day. They are smart, really - really smart, since we have picked them from the list of six billion people that populate the modern world and I will not even start with the previous people that now calmly rest in peace. On this note we have William Shakespeare. He is one of the brightest minds that ever lived this world, one of the most successful writers that ever had the decency to leave something at us, our lovely and really smart world.To continue with Shakespeare appraisal, he was acclaimed by the romantics, loved by George Bernard Shaw, worshipped by the Victorians and everything that he has written, everything that has stayed and is recorded in todays world is studied, loved, worshipped, framed in every room and I will not even go into the extend of the reinterpretations that in all political, anthropological, philosophical, comical context in todays world.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NCERT ENGLISH BOOK CLASS 10th EDITION 10th. NCERT ENGLISH BOOK CLASS 12th EDITION 10th. http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-quotes.htm http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes.