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Topic: All The Internet's A Stage

Posted by: geniusonwheels

Subject: All The Internet's A Stage
Date: Jan 06 12

After investigation, the works by famous person William Shakespeare are mostly on Funtrivia.

Here are the only plays without a quiz made for them:

Tragedies:
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/Shakespeare-for-DummiesTimon-of-Athens-347749.html

Comedies:
All's Well That Ends Well - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/Alls-Well-That-Ends-Well-342026.html
Merry Wives of Windsor
Pericles - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/Pericles-by-Shakespeare-357013.html
The Two Noble Kinsmen - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/The-Two-Noble-Kinsmen-by-Shakespeare-356878.html

Histories:
Henry IV, Part 2 - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/King-Henry-IV-Part-II-357245.html
Henry VI (Parts 1, 2, and 3)
Henry VIII
King John - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/The-Life-and-Death-of-King-John-357597.html

I understand that the plays left are the ones not read that much. There is a good chance you may not have read ANY of these plays. This is what we call a "learning opportunity". Read it, then write it.

If you happen to be an English professor with encyclopedic knowledge of Shakespeare, and not much knowledge about baseball or Bolivia or Beatles, then this is the challenge for you.

BTW, I don't expect a badge to be created after this challenge. :D

geniusonwheels



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salami_swami

Sonnet 1 has been submitted!

Reply #21. Jan 19 12, 11:35 AM

kyleisalive

Urg! The only problem I can see with a quiz per sonnet is that a lot of the metaphors and subject matter can be very much up to reader interpretation. One sonnet may be about nature to some, but temporality to others...and love to others...and life to others.

Reply #22. Jan 19 12, 11:38 AM

salami_swami

Hmmm, interesting, I had not thought of that.

Reply #23. Jan 19 12, 11:40 AM

salami_swami

I will stick with just Sonnet 1 for now, as it is already written. I will do some thorough research before continuing on. If it does not look plausible, I might have only one quiz submitted for sonnet 1. We'll have to wait and see.

Reply #24. Jan 19 12, 11:42 AM

salami_swami

My quiz about a Shakespearean Sonnet (I NEVER thought I'd say that...) is online!

Reply #25. Jan 20 12, 3:57 PM

dcpddc478

I have decided I am a glutton for punishment...I am going to try "Timon of Athens"...time to turn the coffee pot on:)

Reply #26. Mar 19 12, 1:34 PM

Creedy

Re Looney Tune's "And Literature editors will appreciate the absence of vampires in the works of Shakespeare"

HOW I agree with that! I'm sooooo sick about stories and television and movies about those long fanged idiots.

And Shakespeare's sonnets are absolutely exquisite. Pure and beautiful poetry. 73 is my favourite.

Half were written to a young man, but not romantically so. It was the fashion then to write poetry to both men and women. Courtly love and all that. He was urging him to hurry up and have children.

Soryy for waffling - but I truly love his sonnets. They're an acquired taste though, as is all Shakespeare's work.

Reply #27. Mar 19 12, 10:02 PM

Creedy

Oh dear, I just went and reread number 73. Now I feel a bit teary. It's just so lovely.

Reply #28. Mar 19 12, 10:04 PM

playmate1111

Awww Creedy ;)

I'll take the "Merry Wives of Windsor".

Reply #29. Mar 19 12, 10:44 PM

eburge

"Long-fanged idiots"

That made me laugh too much. It makes me want to write a quiz with that as the title. Obviously, I won't. The title alone wouldn't make it past the other editors. ;)

Reply #30. Mar 19 12, 11:01 PM

Creedy

Lol!

Reply #31. Mar 19 12, 11:19 PM

playmate1111

You never know, you may get one with a sense of humour :)

Reply #32. Mar 20 12, 12:06 AM

looney_tunes

Unfortunately, editors also have to bear in mind the importance of not offending players who may not have as well-developed a sense of humor. Insults, humorous or otherwise, are almost certainly not going to be accepted.

Much as I love the title.

Reply #33. Mar 20 12, 12:19 AM

Creedy

I wonder if vampires ever go to the dentist? That'd be a funny film. A vampire with a fang-ache. They could call it "Pangs in Fangs"

Reply #34. Mar 20 12, 1:15 AM

Mariamir I thought vampires are only allowed to go about at night (other than in Twilight). If that's the case, the dental clinic might be closed before the vamp comes out. H'm, obviously those long toothed idiots aren't up to standing all night below a lady's balcony!

Reply #35. Mar 20 12, 1:35 AM

Mariamir Bother, I meant "then" not "than".

Reply #36. Mar 20 12, 1:35 AM

kyleisalive

Re: "I thought vampires are only allowed to go about at night (other than in Twilight)."

Not all vampires follow this rule. ;)

Reply #37. Mar 20 12, 1:37 AM

Mariamir That's stupid.

Reply #38. Mar 20 12, 1:50 AM

kyleisalive

I wouldn't say so. If I recall, Polidori's original Vampyre was out during the day.

Established figures have to undergo new changes sometimes; it's what makes them fresh and new. Vampires not being able to go into sunlight is more recent than you think.

Reply #39. Mar 20 12, 1:59 AM

Daaanieeel "Re: "I thought vampires are only allowed to go about at night (other than in Twilight)."

Not all vampires follow this rule. ;)"

Hipster vampires?!

Reply #40. Mar 20 12, 2:08 AM

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