Summary
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.
Romeo and Juliet (tragedy, 1594)
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Hamlet
The name of this dystopian book was inspired by this quote from The Tempest: “Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O ___________ , That has such people in ’t!” - Miranda
brave new world
The main character foregoes marital counseling and takes matters into his own hands.
Othello (tragedy, 1604)
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
As you like it
“________ , dear Brutus, is not in ________, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” - Cassius
This quote inspired John Green to give the name to one of his bestsellers.
The fault is not in our stars (The Fault in our Stars),
The wife encourages her husband to be more aggressive in pursing career options.
Macbeth (tragedy, 1606)
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The name of the novel and its famous screen version were inspired by this quote:
“To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death ________ when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.” - Hamlet
what dreams may come
Love bites.
Antony and Cleopatra (tragedy, 1607)
"Now is the winter of our discontent."
Richard III
The name of this book by William Faulkner was inspired by this quote: “That struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” - Macbeth
sound and fury (The Sound and the Fury)
Desperate Housewives set in the forest of Arden.
As You Like It (comedy, 1600)
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?"
Macbeth
Stephen King was inspired for his fantasy series by a poem by Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to _______ Came” who had taken it from “Child Rowland to ________ came, His word was still “Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man.” - King Lear
the dark tower