Are These Joker Quotes or Shakespeare Quotes?

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Question 1/16

"The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules."

Joker
Shakespeare

Question 2/16

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

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Shakespeare

Question 3/16

"I believe what doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger!"

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Shakespeare

Question 4/16

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy."

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Shakespeare

Question 5/16

“All the world's a stage."

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Shakespeare

Question 6/16

"I will grind your bones to dust. And with your blood and it I'll make a paste."

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Shakespeare

Question 7/16

"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."

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Shakespeare

Question 8/16

“Memory's so treacherous. One moment you're lost in a carnival of delights, with poignant childhood aromas, the flashing neon of puberty, all that sentimental candy-floss. The next, it leads you somewhere you don't want to go. Somewhere dark and cold, filled with the damp, ambiguous shapes of things you'd hoped were forgotten."

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Shakespeare

Question 9/16

"I'm like a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one."

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Shakespeare

Question 10/16

"It's easy for someone to joke about scars, if they've never been cut."

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Shakespeare

Question 11/16

"If you're good at something, never do it for free."

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Shakespeare

Question 12/16

"Smile, because it confuses people. Smile, because it's easier than explaining what is killing you inside."

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Shakespeare

Question 13/16

"Have you ever danced with the devil, in the pale moonlight?"

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Question 14/16

"I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in my arms."

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Shakespeare

Question 15/16

"The instruments of darkness tell us truths."

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Shakespeare

Question 16/16

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

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About This Quiz

Why so serious? When thinking of America’s favorite maniacal murderer in makeup, that is the question. To be or not to be? You know that is the question and you know who posed it. The Joker from Batman and William Shakespeare sure do have a way with words.

These two ingenious (or in Joker’s case, insane) inquiries etch an indelible mark in entertainment’s fabric. One scars our lexicon’s ledger, the other transcends philosophy and play, love and literature, eye-widening performances, and eye-rolling attempts at high brow-humor that, in the wrong company, draws high eyebrow raises, rather than laughs.

You beam with confidence when asked if you can differentiate William Shakespeare and Arthur Fleck (Joker’s real name). You’re positive you can decipher Hamlet from Hamill, Moore from Macbeth, Nicholson from Norfolk. Like Joker does Batman’s patience or Shakespeare analysis does the jock who wants to tackle Romeo literally instead of literary, this quiz puts you to the test. Take this quiz and find out if the real joker is you, or if you have achieved Joker and Shakespeare quote detection at the best level of Shakespeare’s mastery of the words in the English language.

Joker Quotes

Joker quotes were the lifeblood of 2008 memes and the other bane of Batman's existence. Shakespeare quotes are the delight of wise art directors and dreading of men whose mind wanders to different plans for world domination than Julius Caesar's. These famous worlds share more things in common than many people think.

Batman and Joker's paring is often considered the most famous pairing in modern fiction. Fans and critics refer to the rugged relationship as Shakespearian, due to its tragic circle of irrefutable damage drawn by the ultimate moralistic dilemma Batman demonstrates and Joker desecrates. To kill or not to kill poses as formidable a question for Batman regarding Joker as "To be or not to be" does for Hamlet.

Society celebrated Shakespeare's showmanship, writing abilities, and actors' success portraying his iconic characters on stage. Similarly, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Mark Hamill, Cesar Romero, and Joaquin Phoenix received acclaim upon their role as Joker. It's true, Shakespeare's material resides in the pantheon of playwright greatness and Joker's celebrated, crazed antics come in comics that for years were heckled as a "lesser" art. However, Joker's tales across media, ranging from some of the highest-acclaimed video games, graphic novels, Oscar-winning movies, and celebrated television shows, showers the bad villain with as much good admiration and anticipation as any in the world.