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{{quote|"How many times shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er? In states unborn and accents yet unknown". |
{{quote|"How many times shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er? In states unborn and accents yet unknown". |
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|''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}} |
|''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}} |
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* [[Never Live It Down]]: |
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{{quote|“The evil that men do lives after them; |
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The good is oft interred with their bones.”}} |
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* [[Show Within a Show]]: Many times. |
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Many times. |
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* [[Sock Puppet]]: The use of multiple user ID's to pretend to be someone else or create artificial support for one side in a debate is usually associated with the Internet era, but the same trick was used in ''Julius Caesar'' Act 1 Scene 2 by creating hardcopy messages "in different hands" (ie: by forging the handwriting to appear to be multiple other people) and physically throwing them through Brutus' window. Yes, a character uses a [[Online Personas|made-up persona]] in a play set in ancient Rome and written in Elizabethan England. It's also an early example of [[Astroturf]]ing. |
* [[Sock Puppet]]: The use of multiple user ID's to pretend to be someone else or create artificial support for one side in a debate is usually associated with the Internet era, but the same trick was used in ''Julius Caesar'' Act 1 Scene 2 by creating hardcopy messages "in different hands" (ie: by forging the handwriting to appear to be multiple other people) and physically throwing them through Brutus' window. Yes, a character uses a [[Online Personas|made-up persona]] in a play set in ancient Rome and written in Elizabethan England. It's also an early example of [[Astroturf]]ing. |
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