William Shakespeare
Playwright
16th–17th century
England's greatest playwright. Author of Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and the Sonnets.
Notable Works
- Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Sonnets
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Lady Macbeth — the blood stain
“"Never quite buried"; "something counterfeit's dead"”
Angela & Uncle Jerry draw a parallel between the love that can't be buried and Lady Macbeth's inability to remove the blood stain — inescapable guilt becoming inescapable memory.
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