In The Curse of Monkey Island, a character decides to rewrite various Shakespeare plays to better suit the local pirates' tastes, mangling not only famous Shakespeare quotations but entire plotlines, resulting in lines such as "Spot, ye blasted dog, get out of me bloomin' garbage! Out, Damned Spot!!".In Princess Ida, Melissa claims her mother could not say that the three girl students are men because "'are men' stuck in her throat," spoofing a line from Macbeth II.ii.If you know what saying "Macbeth" in a theater entails, it should be no surprise that things go downhill for Hamilton after this. Later in the same song, his wife encourages him to "Screw his courage to the sticking place", but in a twist, she's trying to get him to do something productive and mentally healthy. In Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton likens his political career to the plot of this play in a letter to his sister-in-law.Featuring several heirs secretly vying for the throne, violent Scottish clans, a miner's strike broken up by government-sent orcs, tree-men shifting themselves to attack the castle, a Stock Ness Monster, and Out, Damned Spot! being a command given by Lady Mc Death to her two-headed hellhound, Spot. An early WarhammerFantasy campaign was a Whole-Plot Reference, appropriately named " The Tragedy Of Mc Death".
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The third season had an episode involving the Scottish Play and its related superstitions.the first episode was basically the last act of Richard III crossed with Macbeth, complete with three witches. The original series had a lot of Shakespearean references the end credits even list "Additional dialogue - William Shakespeare".In Counting to D, Sam, Kaitlyn, and Eli make a video acting out a scene from Macbeth for their English class, with Kaitlyn as Lady Macbeth, Eli as the doctor, and Sam as the maid.In the Star Trek: Enterprise Relaunch novel Patterns of Interference, human colonists name a planet of walking trees "Birnham", and its star "Dunsinane".Lydia replies, "Mom took me to see Macbeth. In Call Me Sunflower, Sunny asks Lydia if she's ever seen Hamlet.In There's More Than One Way Home, Anna thinks that Alex washes himself like Lady Macbeth.I love it! My drawing goes up on the website tonight, so keep an eye out for it and enjoy the rest.As the cauldron bubbled, an eldritch voice shrieked, "When shall we three meet again?".Īnother voice said, in far more ordinary tones, "Well, I can do next Tuesday." He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat, - for ornament, I afterwards found, as he very seldom looked through it, and couldn't see anything when he did."
His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on.
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I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head (which was a large one, and very shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which he turned full upon me. Quinion tapped at the counting-house window, and beckoned to me to go in. "The counting-house clock was at half past twelve, and there was general preparation for going to dinner, when Mr. You should check it out, because it is really, really great.Įveryone should know I love Dickens so it is no surprise that Wilkins Micawber and David Copperfield are my subject of choice. Ok, now the drawing! I just did a drawing for Steven Gettis' sketch blog, full of literary figures submitted by a lot of great artists. My book is reprinted and ready to go! Hot off the shelves. Hello friends! First things first, big news~
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