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Math Genre: Shakespeare

May 27, 2025

An equation retold as a shakespeare story.

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Free for classrooms, worksheets, slides and other non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, with credit to Ben Orlin.

Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-27-math-genres--math-genre-shakespeare/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Shakespeare: {x | x = 2b} ∪ {x | x ≠ 2b} [holding a skull] "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and sign errors of outrageous notation, or to take liberties against a sea of conventions, and by opposing, end them."

Topics
Sets & Infinity › Set Notation
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Literature & MythCommon MistakesPunsLanguage & Wordplay