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Counting by Kat Meow
July 13th, 2006 10:21 PM
How many times does Shakespeare use the word "bastard" in his plays?
All’s Well That Ends Well – 1
As You Like It – 1
“Wicked bastard of Venus”
Comedy of Errors – 1
Cymbeline – 1
“We are all bastards”
Love’s Labour Lost – 1
Measure for Measure – 2
Merchant of Venice – 2
Merry Wives of Windsor – 0
Midsummer Night’s Dream – 0
Much Ado About Nothing – 2
Pericles – 1
Taming of the Shrew – 0
Tempest – 1
Troilos & Cressida – 10
“I am a bastard too; I love bastards: I am a bastard
begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard
in valour, in every thing illegitimate. One bear will
not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard?
Take heed, the quarrel's most ominous to us: if the
son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment:
farewell, bastard.”
Twelfth Night – 0
Two Gentleman of Verona –1
Winter’s Tale – 10
Comedies – 34 or 2 times per play
Henry IV p1 – 2
Henry IV p2 – 2
“thou bastardly rogue”
Henry V – 4
Henry VI p1 – 10, 6 referring to Bastard of Orleans, the character, by stated name.
Henry VI p2 – 3
Henry VI p3 – 0
Henry VIII – 0
King John – 8
Richard II – 1
Richard III – 6
Histories – 36 or 3.6 times per play
Antony & Cleopatra – 0
Corialonus – 3
Hamlet – 1
Julius Caesar – 2
King Lear – 9
“Now, gods, stand up for bastards!”
Macbeth – 0
Othello – 0
Romeo & Juliet – 0
Timon of Athens – 3
Titus Andronicus - 2
Tragedy – 19 or 1.9 times per play
89 times or 2.4 times per play
All’s Well That Ends Well – 1
As You Like It – 1
“Wicked bastard of Venus”
Comedy of Errors – 1
Cymbeline – 1
“We are all bastards”
Love’s Labour Lost – 1
Measure for Measure – 2
Merchant of Venice – 2
Merry Wives of Windsor – 0
Midsummer Night’s Dream – 0
Much Ado About Nothing – 2
Pericles – 1
Taming of the Shrew – 0
Tempest – 1
Troilos & Cressida – 10
“I am a bastard too; I love bastards: I am a bastard
begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard
in valour, in every thing illegitimate. One bear will
not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard?
Take heed, the quarrel's most ominous to us: if the
son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment:
farewell, bastard.”
Twelfth Night – 0
Two Gentleman of Verona –1
Winter’s Tale – 10
Comedies – 34 or 2 times per play
Henry IV p1 – 2
Henry IV p2 – 2
“thou bastardly rogue”
Henry V – 4
Henry VI p1 – 10, 6 referring to Bastard of Orleans, the character, by stated name.
Henry VI p2 – 3
Henry VI p3 – 0
Henry VIII – 0
King John – 8
Richard II – 1
Richard III – 6
Histories – 36 or 3.6 times per play
Antony & Cleopatra – 0
Corialonus – 3
Hamlet – 1
Julius Caesar – 2
King Lear – 9
“Now, gods, stand up for bastards!”
Macbeth – 0
Othello – 0
Romeo & Juliet – 0
Timon of Athens – 3
Titus Andronicus - 2
Tragedy – 19 or 1.9 times per play
89 times or 2.4 times per play
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posted by Anna Louise on January 17th, 2011 6:48 AM
Oooh, you've made me want to read Troilos & Cressida now! :-D
Brilliant counting!
Vote for the rate stats - who knew "bastard" wasn't so much funny as it is historical?