Talbot

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Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich Schiller

The Maid of Orleans

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Topic

Stupidity

Speaker

Talbot

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Maid of Orleans

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1801 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans]. 11 Sept 1801, Leipzig, Germany, act 3, sc. 6.

My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.

William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part 1

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Topic

Confusion Thoughts

Speaker

Talbot

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry VI, Part 1

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1592 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry VI, Part 1. Lord Strange's Men, 1592, Rose Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.