Happy Halloween! (Pixabay)
Halloween
It is a no big surprise why I chose Halloween as a topic for this post. It is one of my favorite holidays. Who does not like bobbing for apples, going to a haunted warehouse. Some times I wish I was still young enough to go trick-or-treating. However, that does not stop my from dressing up.
Trick-or-treating
So to night is cold and it is raining. So I have not had a lot of trick-or-treaters. The people I work with will be happy because they get all the left over candy. Apparently, trick-or-treating became popular in the United States in the late 1920s. Although it did slow down during World War 2 because of the sugar rationing.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare mentions All Hallows Tide, which is an older more religious version of the modern day Halloween. He is without a doubt one of my favorite writers. St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V is one of the most powerful and inspiring speeches I have ever heard.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
This is my favorite Shakespeare plays. It is a fun and light hearted comedy. It was written in 1595 or 1596, which is early in his career. It has one of best characters ever, a fairy named Robin Goodfellow (Puck). His best scene is at the where he basically tells the audience if they did not like the play, perhaps it was just a dream.
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