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William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by f1hybrid »

mirimir wrote: post #14

> “To be or not to be,” said Hamlet, prince of Denmark, “that is the question.” Yesterday, Hamlet’s creator was; today, he is not. Of that there is no question. OK, so I'm moved to quote Samuel Butler: > To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. I got that (as I recall) from Peter Watts' Echopraxia . It's rather comforting, because I can always imagin…

That's beautiful. The thought of dying scares me though because I just hate the idea that it will happen in the middle of an important thought.

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

f1hybrid wrote: post #41
mirimir wrote: post #14

> “To be or not to be,” said Hamlet, prince of Denmark, “that is the question.” Yesterday, Hamlet’s creator was; today, he is not. Of that there is no question. OK, so I'm moved to quote Samuel Butler: > To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. I got that (as I recall) from Peter Watts' Echopraxia . It's rather comforting, because I can always imagin…

That's beautiful. The thought of dying scares me though because I just hate the idea that it will happen in the middle of an important thought.

right, if you were in the middle of solving P versus NP it would suck to be hit by a lighting bolt.

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by petecox »

tempestn wrote: post #39
userbinator wrote: post #33

Am I the only one who finds the tense in the title a bit confusing? For a moment I was wondering whether he was actually born in 1964...

The entire article is written in present tense, as if it's a current news event; makes for a more interesting read. I don't think they're too concerned about people thinking William Shakespeare just now died.

Not necessarily. Anne Hathaway, Bill Shakespeare's wife and star of The Dark Knight Rises, was born in 1982. :)

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by louisswiss »

mhurron wrote: post #30
themartorana wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh be quiet with your logic and evidence. In the Romantic and Victorian eras the spelling "Shakspere", as used in the poet's own signature, became more widely adopted in the belief that this was the most authentic version. I guess I lean this way. (I do acknowledge what you said about the man himself spelling his own name differently, makes me wonder why...) But I have always been perplexed about different spellings…

> My name is Dave in every language No it most likely is not. For one it is a short form of the name David, so it has already been mangled, and then like any other written word will change how it is written to attempt to show the sounds in the written rules of that language. This can lead to additions of letters or some very strange changes to the spelling of the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%28name%29 "…

It's been a while since my last Greek lesson but isn't Δαυίδ actually 'Danis' and not 'David'?

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by cooper12 »

gavinpc wrote: post #2

Miss Hathaway had as a lover That infamous son of a glover Whatever Will said In their second-best bed She edited cover to cover A sort of rambling article from NYT whose most notable feature was a beautiful sidenote style and the lack of a scrollbar. For those interested in Shakespeare and new media, here's a thing I've been working on http://gavinpc.com/project_willshake.pdf

Yeah the lack of a scrollbar and an inability to highlight text really irked me, especially because I wanted to search some of the terms in the article to find out more. I really don't get why they bother with these anti-features...

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by noobie »

You know why I love Shakespeare? Because only thoughtful minds can understand his writings. Ones that can bear to get out of their technology-infested worlds and actually focus on a story that has and can keep your attention, when words meant more than simple communication.

Promises were called oaths and there were such things as enduring love, faithfulness, and trust, yet, there were still scandals and mistakes. But it was all overcome in a story that few today would venture to understand in its original context.

It takes little intelligence to comprehend what a text means, but in poetry and stories we find beautiful manifestations of every moral and in these I think we find the vulnerability of this plague we call humanity.

Re: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

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Post by rimantas »

themartorana wrote: post #6
icebraining wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of the six signatures, three are abbreviations, and the other three don't coincide among themselves. Besides, he did use the modern form when he wrote his name in print, just not in his signature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_Shakespeare's_name

Oh be quiet with your logic and evidence. In the Romantic and Victorian eras the spelling "Shakspere", as used in the poet's own signature, became more widely adopted in the belief that this was the most authentic version. I guess I lean this way. (I do acknowledge what you said about the man himself spelling his own name differently, makes me wonder why...) But I have always been perplexed about different spellings…

I am sure there are languages in which your name is Deivas or Дэйв.
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