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• উল্লিখিত অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে - There is no sin but ignorance - এই উক্তিটি William Shakespeare এর উক্তি নয়।
- এটি Elizabethan Period এর বিখ্যাত সাহিত্যিক এবং University wits Chirstopher Marlowe রচিত The Jew of Malta থেকে উদ্ধৃত।
- উল্লিখিত লাইন টি The Jew of Malta এর prolouge থেকে নেয়া।
- Full line:
“I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.”
• The Jew of Malta, in full The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, একটি 5 acts বিশিষ্ট tragedy.
- এটি blank verse এ লেখা একটি revenge tragedy.
• Important characters of The Jew of Malta:
- Barabas (Protagonist),
- Abigail,
- Ithamore,
- Ferneze,
- Machevill,
- Katherine etc.
• Some of Marlowe's plays are:
- Doctor Faustus,***
- The Jew of Malta,***
- Tamburlaine the Great**
• অন্য অপশন গুলোর মধ্যে -
• Parting is such sweet sorrow - is a quotation from William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
• But love is blind, and lovers cannot see - is from the Shakesperean Tragi-comedy - The Merchant of Venice.
• Though she be but little, she is fierce - is from Shakesperean comedy - A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• William Shakespeare:
- William Shakespeare was born on 23 April 1564 AD and died on 23 April 1616 AD.
- তার জন্মস্থান Stratford Avon.
- তিনি একাধারে একজন English poet, dramatist এবং actor.
- তাকে English national poet বলা হয়।
- তাকে 'Bard of Avon' বা Swan of Avon বলা হয়।
- Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
• Notable works:
• Tragedy:
- Hamlet,***
- Othello,***
- King Lear,***
- Macbeth,***
- Titus Andronicus,
- Timons of Athens
- Antony and Cleopatra **
- Coriolanus
- Romeo and Juliet ***
• Comedy:
- As You Like It,***
- The Tempest,***
- Twelfth Night,***
- Love's Labour's Lost
- A Comedy of Error
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Much Ado About Nothing
- All's Well That Ends Well
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ***
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• Tragi-comedy
- The Merchant of Venice ***
- The Winter's Tale
- Cymbeline
- Troilus and Cressida
- Measure for Measure ***
• Historical play
- Julius Caesar (Tragedy + Historical) ***
- Henry IV Part I
- Henry IV Part II
- Henry V
- Henry VI Part I
- Henry VI Part II
- Henry VI Part III
- Henry VIII
- King John
- Richard II
- Richard III
• Famous poem:
- Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day/Sonnet 18,
- The Rape of Lucrece,
- Venus and Adonis ***
- A Lover's Complaint
[N. B *** refers to the most imporatnt]
Source: Britannica.com and Live MCQ Lecture.