Shakespeare quotes help...?

Question

Please help "translate" these quotes. For example, help me understand what it means by explaining it in "today's English."

1. "All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women are merely players.
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."

2. "We are such stuff
As dreams are made on and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep..."

3. "Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open."
understanding
4. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio;
a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy."

5. "All that glisters is not gold."

6. "Nothing can come of nothing: speak again."

7. "Though this be madness,
yet there is method in 't"

8. "Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."

THANK YOU!!!!

Answer 1

1. Life is just a movie written by a cosmic playwright; we just play the parts set out for us. We don't control our destinies.
2. Row, row, row your boat; life is just a dream. It's not real, so don't get upset.
3. I can have anything I want, just for the taking.
4. (Hamlet is holding a skull.) This is Yorick: I knew him, always laughing and having fun.
5. obvious.
7. "You'll get nothing by saying nothing. Say something I want to hear." (Cordelia, who loves her father, refuses to flatter him, and he gets mad and disowns her.)
6. It seems crazy, but it makes some kind of sense.
8. Cowards always think they're dying. Brave people never think this until they really are dying.

Answer 2

It's been quite a while since I read these stuff...but here's what I can remember....

1. "All the world's a stage..." - Life is just like a play. We go through the various stages of our life playing out our roles. The entrances refers to our birth and the exits refers to death...

2. "We are such stuff..." - Life is like a dream...in such a way that its flimsy and fragile. It can end any minute and yet most of us spend it in a trance-like state. Existing but not really living. We waste our time doing things without meaning....

3. "Why, then the world's mine oyster..." - This refers to the availing of the possibilities in this world...What the world has to offer. This is base on the idea that when you open an oyster you can find a pearl.

4. "Alas, poor Yorick!..." - This is some sort of meditation or reflection on how fragile life is.

5. "Not all that glitters..." - Things (or even people) are not always what they seem to be. So you need to look further and beyond the surface to see whether its really valuable or not.

6. "Nothing can come..." - Most of us complains about our situtation in life but then nothing will happen unless we take action.

7. "Though this be madness..." - There are times when one finds order in chaos. That only in the most bizzare situation do we find meaning. For instance we do not realize the value of life until we come close to dying.

8. "Cowards die many times..." - I think what this means is that when one is ruled by ones fear then they simply give up without trying.

That's the best I can come up with...hope I was able to help you out...

Answer 3

If song be the meals of affection, play on. I'm guessing that is from the Twelfth Night? I've learn too many performs. My bounty is as boundless as the ocean, My love as deep; the extra I provide to thee, The extra I have, for each are limitless. - Romeo and Juliet, that quote is just too romantic, haha.

Answer 4

Shakespeare says:
Methinks thou shalt doeth thine own homework. Forsooth!

Answer 5

go to google and type in shakes bear or however you spell it quotes and youll get all the answers you need or just go to the wikapedia dictonary