Conundrum: Ars Magna
Via the Shakespeare Geek, we find an “amazing anagram” (which I have to say I never bothered to check):
To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Becomes:
In one of the Bard’s best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.
That anagram has inspired this week’s Conundrum!
What well-known Shakespearean phrases can be anagramed from the following?
- Tall Worthless Adage
- Icky Backwashes Uncrowned Lord
- Haberdasher Elf Slots Low Motto
- Embrace Incoherent Hoot
- Many Mourned Scorn Snifter
By the way, ShakespeareTeacher.com anagrams out to Search Peacemaker Ethos. I think that’s appropriate.
UPDATE: Anagram 2 solved by Annalisa. See comments for all answers.
June 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I don’t know what genius figured this anagram out, but I checked it and it IS accurate!
#2 is from King Lear: “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!”
June 14th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Correct on #2!
And thanks for checking out the anagram. It is quite an accomplishment for whoever did it.
July 7th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Answers:
1. “All the world’s a stage”
2. “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks”
3. “Lord, what fools these mortals be”
4. “Once more, into the breach”
5. “Friends, Romans, Countrymen”