2006-09-25 09:07:31 · 11 answers · asked by ucross 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Not Shakespear at all, actually.
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)
2006-09-25 09:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a misconception that Shakespeare wrote this, it's actually Sir Walter Scott!
Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive. - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808)
2006-09-25 09:10:13 · answer #2 · answered by Lee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not Shakespeare, but Sir Walter Scott that penned that line. It is from Marmion Canto vi, Stanza 17.
2006-09-25 09:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by doxie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The above are correct, however you may be trying for an Othello quote...one of Iago's lines perhaps? He has a monologue in, I believe, the first act, maybe third scene? about web weaving.
2006-09-25 15:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This saying is actually from a poem Marmion by Sir Walter Scott.
2006-09-25 09:21:12 · answer #5 · answered by torrilda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MacBeth
my bad I was thinking of this
MACBETH. I am settled and bend up
Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.
Away, and mock the time with fairest show:
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
2006-09-25 09:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by Grody Jicama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As indicated, it's a line mistakenly attributed to Shakespeare.
2006-09-26 03:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was not shakespeare it was Sir Walter Scott (Marmion 1808) www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/misquotesfaq.html
2006-09-25 09:14:43 · answer #8 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is easier to remember than lies.
2006-09-25 09:47:42 · answer #9 · answered by cather2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this homework?
2006-09-27 22:27:32 · answer #10 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋