“Shakespeare gardens” – gardens of plants that appear in William Shakespeare’s writings.
William Shakespeare (1564 [baptised] – 1616) – an English playwright, poet, and actor who is often seen as the world’s greatest playwright and English-language writer. Some of his most famous works include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Juliet’s “rose by any other name” – In Act II, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says, “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” She refers here to the fact that Romeo is a Montague (the Montagues and Juliet’s family, the Capulets, are enemies), saying that she would still love him even if he were not a Montague. This quote is widely used to emphasize that names in and of themselves carry little meaning.
Ophelia’s bouquet of rosemary, pansies, fennel, columbines, rue, daisies, and violets – In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia gives a different flower to each of a number of characters in the play. Every flower carries a symbolic meaning that relates to its recipient and his or her experiences.
Stratford-upon-Avon – a town of 27,445 people (as of 2011) on the River Avon in Warwickshire, England, 101 miles (163 km) northwest of London. It is famous for being William Shakespeare’s birthplace and has an annual visitor count of about 2.5 million.
Vienna – Home to approximately 1.8 million people, Vienna is the capital of and largest city in Austria.
San Francisco – The central city of Northern California, San Francisco has a population of about 871,000.
Central Park in New York City – Established in 1857 and designed by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park is an 843-acre park located between the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It receives the most visitors of any urban park in the United States.
Mickey Mouse – Created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928, Mickey is a cartoon mouse with human traits and the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company. Over the years, he has been featured in comics, movies, TV shows, video games, and more.
Prince Charming – a fairytale prince who comes to the aid of a damsel in distress, generally to save her from an evil spell.
Editor: Maja Cannavo
Roman Numerals– Roman numerals are the numbers used beginning in the times of Ancient Rome and were used until the Middle Ages. Roman numerals are still used to some capacity today.
FedEx truck – FedEx is a delivery service used to move goods around the country. FedEx trucks are the medium by which those gifts are transferred from one place to another.
Avenue of Pedralbes – Peldralbes is a town that is known to be quaint, with beautiful features. The Avenue of Pedralbes is an avenue within this neighborhood.
negative space – the area in between images/figures within a piece of art.
Editor: Lauren Boyd
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