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Thankless daughters, worse than serpent's teeth, vie for power and prestige! Narcissistic old king wanders moors in storm while winds blow and crack cheeks!
In which great tragedy does the jester know all? |
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Eastcheap scandalized as royal playboy imitates clouds, smothers sun, gallivants around with merry, drunken friends. Wine, women, and song in abundance! Plump Jack reported missing, possibly dead, while war looms on horizon!
The devil will be given his due in what famous history play? |
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Two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly reunited in strange land! Magic, mistaken identity, possible demonic possession? Witnesses report woman as spherical, like a globe, yet bearing pleasing punishment.
Abbess offers solution in which early farcical comedy? |
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Extra! Extra! Feuding families forced to reconcile after plagues on both their houses lead to death of children! Nurse grief-stricken, Friar wanted for questioning. Studies reveal adolescent love to be impulsive, yet makes torches burn bright. Hand reported to be jealous of glove on maiden's cheek!
What tale of teenage romance has these events? |
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Scientists, jazz aficionados reveal music to be food of love, vow to play on. Yellow stockings prove steward's undoing! Greatness thrust upon some while recent studies show good hangings can prevent bad marriages.
Shipwreck, separation, hidden identity all lead to a bittersweet ending in what play that takes place around the holiday season? |
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It's all Greek to some, but Roman leader assassinated, carved as dish fit for gods! Ides of March ignored, swords made rich with noble blood on capitol steps! Skirmishes reported on Plains of Phillipi along with suicide and supernatural visitations.
Octavius is to live long in which classic study of history and character? |
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Magic, manipulation, and mirth reported on remote island! Sounds and sweet airs delight and hurt not! Native islander taught to curse while naive maiden swoons over swarthy Italian prince. Scientists, psychologists report we are stuff dreams are made on while great globe itself dissolves into baseless fabric. Forgiveness urged, though we must acknowledge our things of darkness.
What comedic, romantic fantasy is home to these events? |
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Nobility upset as umpire calls fair as foul and foul as fair! What's done is done as life reveals itself to be but a brief candle! Scottish couple implicated in murder-suicide; damned spot refuses to go out. Fog of war exists, but scattered reports from the field suggest Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane Hill. Three to meet again in inclement weather.
Which great tragedy has these plot elements? |
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Victims of theft smile as green-eyed monster, mocks, feeds upon meat! Beast with two backs reported made as insecure North African general suspects doting Venetian wife of infidelity! Psychopathic underling linked to string of murders; strawberry-embellished linen accessories in demand among hoi polloi!
Are you what you are in this classic tale of insecurity, power, and failed marriage? |
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Lady allegedly protests too much as heavy-set, out-of-breath son wonders whether it's better to be or not to be! Intrepid explorers report sighting noble ghost, undiscovered country, yet Denmark still rotten! Skull, foul play pondered; daggers spoken, bare bodkins brandished. Great axe falls, worms find lots of food in rare Norwegian battle victory!
Man is a great work in what classic Shakespearean tragedy? |
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