Sticking My Neck Out, Again, Quoting/Blaming/Thanking Shakespeare (Part 2) - IMRAN™

Sticking My Neck Out, Again, Quoting/Blaming/Thanking Shakespeare (Part 2) - IMRAN™
At the end of the previous scene (well, photo/post/Part 1 at www.facebook.com/MyIMRAN/posts/794585246003056 ) you were asking, "Where does Shakespeare come into play, no pun intended?"
From the start of my education. I had fortunately elected a Cambridge University curriculum schooling at age 9, when I moved from co-ed Christ The King School in Karachi, Pakistan to the all-boys St. Paul's High.
Besides some incredible teachers, even in a developing nation at the start of the 1970s, getting introduced to an elevated level of English Literature (especially the work of William Shakespeare) was one of the great joys of that education. Late Sister Mary Francis (Language) unleashed my passion for writing. London Shakespearean actor-turned Literature teacher in Pakistan Edward L'Steve opened the gates for a flood of my multi-level bad puns that many of you suffer from!
A pain in the neck, you could say! For example, the word "neck" literally appears in the first four lines of Romeo & Juliet, with dozens of interpretations (based on what meanings the different words and pronunciations are used with).
The opening of Romeo's famous soliloquy, as he sees Juliet appear on her balcony without knowing Romeo is down below, is interesting and poignant too. Talking to himself, he starts with, "He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
Ironically, I have a Juliet balcony right above the drawing room this photo was taken in. But there was no Juliet smiling up there. Nor could I have looked up — even if she had her act together and was standing there ready for me! With my recently fused neck in a brace it could hardly be turned to look up without doing serious damage.
Also, unlike what Romeo said, I jest not at the scars of others but poke fun at my own actual wounds. All the while I remain grateful to have had this incredible life!
(Continued in Part 3. www.facebook.com/MyIMRAN/posts/798245798970334 )

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