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What does this Shakespeare quote mean to you?

Asked by Jude (32198points) February 3rd, 2009

“Ay me, for ought that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth…” – Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

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syz's avatar

Is this your homework?

KrystaElyse's avatar

Are we doing your homework for you?

LOL @syz, you beat me to it!

marinelife's avatar

Feels like homework . . .

gailcalled's avatar

If it feels like homework and quacks like homework, I’ve got better things to do.

dynamicduo's avatar

What this means to me, is that you should go find a Coles Notes or modern-day English translation of the book, and cross reference the line. Or, deconstruct it into regular English one word at a time.

We don’t do your homework here. There’s no point. Homework is meant for you to learn from. Even if we answered for you here, which many of us won’t, you’d be screwed if this question comes up on your final test, or more likely, another Shakespeare line comes up and you are asked to interpret it, and you can’t because you don’t know how.

Jude's avatar

Haha, it’s not home work. It’s just a quote that I read (in an email) and I was curious as to what you all thought that it meant?

gailcalled's avatar

Read the play and check out the quote in context. It’s fun. (I saw it performed several summers ago outside in a clearing in the woods.) Even without knowing the play, I could still paraphrase that statement. Think for a few minutes; you’ll catch on.

aprilsimnel's avatar

What, have you never been in love before, jmah? Or even serious crushing? What does it mean to you?

Just to get the convo rolling since this isn’t homework.

PupnTaco's avatar

Isn’t a question?

Perchik's avatar

“Well for me, in everything I’ve read and seen in history, true love isn’t easy”

Blondesjon's avatar

It means-“Why these womens always be trippin’?”

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