William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth23 April 1564
Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come...
O, when she's angry, she is keen and shrewd! She was a vixen when she went to school; And though she be but little, she is fierce.
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.
Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world.
O horror! Horror! Horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee!
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
So fair and foul a day i had not seen.
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.