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141 " REGINA [to Cady:] Is butter such as may be call’d a carb? "
― Ian Doescher , William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
142 " Send not to know for whom the bell doth toll— It tolls for me. "
― Ian Doescher , William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars' Part the Eighth (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #8)
143 " each Shakespearean reference is taken from a specific Shakespearean character. These are the characters I paired together: Cady: Miranda in The Tempest. Miranda is an ingenue who has lived most of her life secluded with her father in a remote wilderness, not unlike Cady. (I broke this pairing once, when Cady uses lines borrowed from Hero in Much Ado About Nothing. The quote from Hero was so perfect for the moment that I had to use it. Can you find it?) Janis: Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Beatrice has a caustic, biting wit and a fierce loyalty to her friends. Regina: Kate in Taming of the Shrew. Kate, the titular shrew, starts off the play as a harsh woman with a sharp tongue. Gretchen: Viola in Twelfth Night. Viola, dressing as a man, serves as a constant go-between and wears a different face with each character. Karen: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is the youngest of Shakespeare’s heroines. She is innocent and hopeful. Mrs. Heron: Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra is the regal, intelligent woman who has come from Africa. Mrs. George: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s cruelest, most cunning villains. Yes, this is unfair to Amy Poehler’s portrayal of Mrs. George, who is nothing but positive and fun. My thought was that anyone who could raise Regina must be a piece of work. Ms. Norbury: Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There’s little textual connection here—I just love Tina Fey so much that I thought, “Who could represent her except a majestic fairy queen? "
144 " So fetch it is, it fetcheth ev’ry glance. REGINA What is this “fetch” and, pray, whence cometh it? "
145 " Read them hast thou, then? Neither page turners they were, Nor hit folios. "
146 " Yet fear not, Poe, for we are many more— There are far more of us who still have hope! "
― Ian Doescher , William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth (William Shakespeare's Star Wars Book 9)
147 " DAMIAN ’Tis, peradventure, why her hair is large: The secrets she doth carry in her pate. "
148 " How good it feels to struggle for the light, To know mine actions make my father proud, To feel my mother’s strength course through my veins! "