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ANTONIO.- En verdad, ignoro por qué estoy tan triste. Me inquieta. Decís que a vosotros os inquieta también; pero cómo he adquirido esta tristeza, tropezado o encontrado con ella, de qué substancia se compone, de dónde proviene, es lo que no acierto a explicarme. Y me ha vuelto tan pobre de espíritu, que me cuesta gran trabajo reconocerme. SALARINO.- Vuestra imaginación se bambolea en el océano, donde vuestros enormes galeones, con las velas infladas majestuosamente, como señores ricos y burgueses de las olas, o, si lo preferís, como palacios móviles del mar, contemplan desde lo alto de su grandeza la gente menuda de las pequeñas naves mercantes, que se inclinan y les hacen la reverencia cuando se deslizan por sus costados con sus alas tejidas SALANIO.- Creedme, señor; si yo corriera semejantes riesgos, la mayor parte de mis afecciones se hallaría lejos de aquí, en compañía de mis esperanzas. Estaría de continuo lanzando pajas al aire para saber de dónde viene el viento. Tendría siempre la nariz pegada a las cartas marinas para buscar en ellas la situación de los puertos, muelles y radas; y todas las cosas que pudieran hacerme temer un accidente para mis cargamentos me pondrían indudablemente triste. SALARINO.- Mi soplo, al enfriar la sopa, me produciría una fiebre, cuando me sugiriera el pensamiento de los daños que un ciclón podría hacer en el mar. No me atrevería a ver vaciarse la ampolla de un reloj de arena, sin pensar en los bajos arrecifes y sin acordarme de mi rico bajel Andrés, encallado y ladeado, con su palo mayor abatido por encima de las bandas para besar su tumba. Si fuese a la iglesia, ¿podría contemplar el santo edificio de piedra, sin imaginarme inmediatamente los escollos peligrosos que, con sólo tocar los costados de mi hermosa nave, desperdigarían mis géneros por el océano y vestirían con mis sedas a las rugientes olas, y, en una palabra, sin pensar que yo, opulento al presente, puedo quedar reducido a la nada en un instante? ¿Podría reflexionar en estas cosas, evitando esa otra consideración de que, si sobreviniera una desgracia semejante, me causaría tristeza? Luego, sin necesidad de que me lo digáis, sé que Antonio está triste porque piensa en sus mercancías.

Experience the timeless humor and wit of William Shakespeare with ""Greatest Comedies of Shakespeare."" This delightful collection brings together his most beloved comedic plays, filled with mistaken identities, witty wordplay, and uproarious situations that will have you laughing out loud. A curated selection of Shakespeare's funniest comedies Hilarious plotlines and memorable characters Lively dialogue and clever wordplay Themes of love, mistaken identity, and the follies of human nature Perfect for fans of classic literature and theater enthusiasts.

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William Shakespeare's sonnet was first published in 1609. Its structure and form are a typical example of the Shakespearean sonnet. This sonnet attempts to define love, by telling both what it is and is not. In the first quatrain, the speaker says that love-" the marriage of true minds"-is perfect and unchanging; it does not "admit impediments," and it does not change when it finds changes in the loved one. Over the course of Sonnet 116, the speaker makes several passionate claims about what love is-and what it isn't. For the speaker (traditionally assumed to be Shakespeare himself, and thus a man), true love doesn't change over time: instead, it goes on with the same intensity forever.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, as part of the Macmillan Modern Shakespeare Series, is a large format illustrated text which is an ideal and easy introduction to Shakespeare's plays. The dominant theme in A Midsummer Night's Dream is love, a subject to which Shakespeare returns constantly in his comedies. Shakespeare explores how people tend to fall in love with those who appear beautiful to them. Until about 1608, he mainly wrote tragedies including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus-his last major tragedies, contain some of his finest poetry. A true genius, Shakespeare's popular characters and plots are studied, performed, reinterpreted and discussed till today.

Cymbeline, also known as The Tragedies of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Canoelike. King Cymbeline of Britain banishes his daughter Innogen's husband, who then makes a bet on Innogen's fidelity. Innogen is accused of being unfaithful, runs away, and becomes a page for the Roman army as it invades Britain. Cymbeline is often called a "problem play" because it defies traditional categories of genre. Many Shakespeare critics settle on calling it a "tragicomedy" since the first three acts of the play feel like mini tragedy, while the play's second half feels like a comedy.

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind's love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of "curing" him of his love for Rosalind. Rosalind reveals she is a girl and marries Orlando during a group wedding at the end of the play.

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear relinquishes his power and land to two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane and a proscribed crux of political machinations. King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders through a storm. Lear is not only a father but also a king, and when he gives away his authority to the unworthy and evil Goneril and Regan, he delivers not only himself and his family but all of Britain into chaos and cruelty.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. She behaves unpleasantly to him but he pretends not to notice. In the end he marries her and ' tames' her by treating her roughly until she becomes as easy to control as wives were expected to be at that time.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599. Although the play is named Julius Caesar, Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines as the title character, and the central psychological drama of the play focuses on Brutus. Julius Caesar is a tragedy, as it tells the story of an honourable hero who makes several critical errors of judgment by misreading people and events, leading to his own death and a bloody civil war that consumes his nation. The entire play centres around Brutus upholding the truth of two moral statements: First, that monarchy is intrinsically tyrannical; and secondly, that killing Caesar, an as-yet-innocent man, is morally acceptable if it prevents Rome from becoming a monarchy.

The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. The wives, however, trick Falstaff and Ford. As Falstaff visits Mistress Ford, Mistress Page announces that Ford is coming. Falstaff hides in a basket of dirty laundry and is thrown in the river. Another visit ends similarly: Falstaff disguises himself as "the fat woman of Brentford," whom Ford hates.

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antiholes and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity. The main themes of this play are family loyalties, persistence, identity and coincidence. As in all Shakespeare's plays, the theme of love and the relationships between men and women is prominent.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601-1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Twelfth Night is a fast-paced romantic comedy with several interwoven plots of romance, mistaken identities and practical jokes. Separated from her twin brother Sebastian in a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy, calls herself Cesario, and becomes a servant to the Duke Orsino.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. Hamlet is based on a Norse legend composed by Saxo Grammaticus in Latin around 1200 AD. The sixteen books that comprise Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, or History of the Danes, tell of the rise and fall of the great rulers of Denmark, and the tale of Amleth, Saxo's Hamlet, is recounted in books three and four.

The Tempest is a play by English playwright William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610-1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. The Tempest is a play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. It is set on an island somewhere near Italy where Prospero, the one-time Duke of Milan, and his beautiful daughter, Miranda, live with a sprite called Ariel and a strange Wildman called Caliban. The Tempest is unlike any other play in Shakespeare's body of work. It takes place all in one day; it is filled with magic and spirits; it revisits many themes Shakespeare has tackled before; and it focuses on Prospero, a main character who is totally in control of his own story.