English II, Semester 2 Ms. Aldemir

 “Eaten out of house and home,”  Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene I  Now used to refer to greedy visitors  Often applied to Penelope after the suitors eat and drink all of Odysseus’ animals and wine, even though that was written before Shakespeare.

 “Cruel to be kind,”  Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv  Title of a song by Nick Lowe (1989)  “Cruel to be kind in the right measure Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign Cruel to be kind means that I love you Baby, got to be cruel, you got to be cruel to be kind”

 “Knock, knock! Who’s there…?”  Macbeth, Act II, Scene iii  “Too much of a good thing,”  As You Like It, Act IV, Scene I  Too much of a good thing is a________thing. (Ex.: flies in the Koolaid)  “To thine own self be true,”  Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii

 The plot of Hamlet: boy’s father is killed by his uncle. Boy’s uncle moves in on mom. Boy must avenge father and take father’s place.

 The plot of Romeo and Juliet: Two kids from enemy families fall in love; it’s doomed from the start.

 Funeral speech by Marc Antony referenced by an Iron Maiden song (1988) and a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel  “The evil that men do lives after them; / the good is oft interred with their bones…” (Act III, sc. ii)