Recently we went to''Starmark'' the famous book store in Calcutta, and bought a book called ''Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare'' by E.Nesbit. This is the perfect book for those who are interested in Shakespeare. This book includes famous stories like Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo-Juliet, etc. My favourite story is Hamlet. This book is written in simple English for children to understand. In today's world we use words like addiction, bedroom , cold-blooded, fashionable and many more. Do you know who has given all these words? Shakespeare is the correct answer.
Did you know that Shakespeare was called the '' Bard of Avon''. He used 17,677 words in his plays, sonnets and poems, Many of his stories are now being made into Hindi movies like Omkara(based on Othello), and Maqbool (based on Macbeth). We have just reached to the end of today's blog just two more quiz questions left..
1) I live in Venice , I am a Jewish moneylender I have a young daughter called Jessica. I hate the rich and prosperous merchant Antonio. I will soon have my pound of flesh. Who am I?
2) Which planet has all 27 satellites named after Shakespeare's characters?
Answer- 1) Shylock 2) Uranus.
Comments from Nandita
ReplyDeleteRanjini you have introduced me to one of the major facets of Shakespearean writing We have dissected his writings in so many parts but never paid any attention to his linguistic grandeur.Thanks for.presenting the great dramatist on a more interesting and novel .way..