Shakespeare goes Haiku
Montague mayhem /
More than 2 Verona guys /
"Wherefore art thou" thee?
Romeo and Juliet
You're likely to hear "You are getting very sleepy" from someone practicing this
Hypnotism
Tower,
parapet,
moat
Castle
Now meaning a slum, this word may come from the name of a Venetian area to which Jews were once restricted
Ghetto
An intolerant person
Bigot
Talk to yourself much? /
I, Claudius, killed your dad /
You're not mad,
are you?
Hamlet
Donald Judd & Robert Morris were important figures of this "scaled-down" art movement that began in the '60s
Minimalism
Style,
stigma,
stamen
Flower
During one season, the winter of 1678, this Baroque music master was born in Venice
Vivaldi
A hoofed mountain mammal, or a Montana river
Bighorn
Gloucester: Ow, my eyes! /
Love you more than she does, Dad! /
A high body count
King Lear
Anthropophagy, another term for this taboo practice, can really leave your bad taste in my mouth
Cannibalism
Hammer,
damper pedal,
keys
Piano
In 697 Paolo Lucio Anafesto became the first of these Venice leaders; in 1797 Ludovico Manin became the last
Doge
Morrissey wasn't thinking of fish when he sang that he "Strikes Again"; Also the name of a popular animated show on Netflix
Bigmouth
Whisper in my ear /
Betrayed me with Cassio?! /
Oomf! Oomf! Oomf! Oomf! Dead
Othello
This -ism favored by psychologist William James takes the view that what is useful is what is best
Pragmatism
Phone clamp,
extendable monopod,
shutter button
Selfie Stick
This Venetian traveller/ explorer was held in a Genoese prison where he dictated his travels across Asia to a fellow prisoner.
Marco Polo
A very large, hairy, humanlike creature purported to inhabit the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Also called Sasquatch.
Bigfoot
You control weather /
Are you some kind
of X-Man?! /
Read Miranda rights
Tempest
Sometime in the 6th century B.C., Lao Tzu found "the Way" & founded this religion
Taoism
Envelope,
burner,
basket or gondola
Hot Air Balloon
St. Mark's Basilica is famous because two Venetian merchants snuck what out of Alexandria in a crate of pork?
The corpse of St. Mark
The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another.
Bigamy