Monday, February 8, 2010

English Trivia Question 4

The title of the book Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is taken from a famous quote from which Shakespeare play?

a. The Tempest
b. Midsummer Night's Dream
c. As You Like It
d. Twelfth Night

The answer is A, The Tempest!

The ironic title derives from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene I:
O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world! That has such people in't!

This line is word-by-word quoted in the novel by John the Savage, when he first sees Lenina.

Stay curious,
Team ARC

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