The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), 1623
Ατμόσφαιρα: χιούμορ και ανησυχία. Μιλά για την εξουσία.
Σελίδες από το βιβλίο
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears:What, did he marry me to famish me?Beggars, that come unto my father’s door,Upon entreaty have a present aims;If not, elsewhere they meet with charity:But I, who never knew how to entreat,Nor never needed that I should entreat,Am starved for meat, giddy for lack of sleep,With oaths kept waking and with brawling fed:And that which spites me more than all these wants,He does it under name of perfect love;As who should say, if I should sleep or eat,’Twere deadly sickness or else present death. Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to speak;And speak I will; I am no child, no babe:Your betters have endured me say my mind,And if you cannot, best you stop your ears.My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,Or else my heart concealing it will break,And rather than it shall, I will be freeEven to the uttermost, as I please, in words. Why came I hither but to that intent?Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?Have I not in my time heard lions roar?Have I not heard the sea puff’d up with windsRage like an angry boar chafed with sweat?Have I not heard great ordnance in the field,And heaven’s artillery thunder in the skies?Have I not in a pitched battle heardLoud ’larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets’ clang?And do you tell me of a woman’s tongue,That gives not half so great a blow to hearAs will a chestnut in a farmer’s fire?Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Βιβλία με παρόμοια αίσθηση
Τρεις σε μια βάρκα (για να μην πούμε και για τον σκύλο)
Jerome K. Jerome, 1889
Κοινά στοιχεία: χιούμορ.
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Ερωτήσεις αναγνωστών
- Πώς είναι το «The Taming of the Shrew»;
- Ατμόσφαιρα: χιούμορ και ανησυχία. Μιλά για την εξουσία.
- Τι να διαβάσω μετά το «The Taming of the Shrew»;
- Αν σου άρεσε το «The Taming of the Shrew», δοκίμασε «Τα ταξίδια του Γκάλιβερ» (Jonathan Swift), «The Three Musketeers» (Alexandre Dumas) και «Τρεις σε μια βάρκα (για να μην πούμε και για τον σκύλο)» (Jerome K. Jerome).
Μια γεύση από τη ροή
Πέντε τρόποι να αρχίσει ένας πόλεμος, χωρίς να χρειάζεται λόγος.
“Sometimes the quarrel between two princes is to decide which of them shall dispossess a third of his dominions, where neither of them pretend to any right. Sometimes one prince quarrels with another for fear the other should quarrel with him. Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong; and sometimes, because he is too weak. Sometimes our neighbours want the things which we have, or have the things which we want, and we both fight, till they take ours, or give us theirs. It is a very justifiable cause of a war, to invade a country after the people have been wasted by famine, destroyed by pestilence, or embroiled by factions among themselves.
Τα ταξίδια του Γκάλιβερ · Jonathan Swift
The particular agony of walking into a room where everyone already knows each other.
It was, then, into the midst of this tumult and disorder that our young man advanced with a beating heart, ranging his long rapier up his lanky leg, and keeping one hand on the edge of his cap, with that half-smile of the embarrassed provincial who wishes to put on a good face. When he had passed one group he began to breathe more freely; but he could not help observing that they turned round to look at him, and for the first time in his life d’Artagnan, who had till that day entertained a very good opinion of himself, felt ridiculous.
The Three Musketeers · Alexandre Dumas
Μια σύντομη λίστα με όσα χρειάζεται στ’ αλήθεια μια ζωή.
Throw the lumber over, man! Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
Τρεις σε μια βάρκα (για να μην πούμε και για τον σκύλο) · Jerome K. Jerome
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