SHAKESPEAREPHOBIA Shakespearean Language Common Shakespearean words 1 Art
SHAKESPEAREPHOBIA
Shakespearean Language Common Shakespearean words 1) Art - Are - “Thou art beautiful” = “You are beautiful” 2) Would - Wish - “I would I was a younger man…” = “I wish I was a younger man…” 3) Give me leave to - Allow me to 4) Alas - Unfortunately 5) Anon - Now or very soon 6) Sirrah - Sir 7) Ay - Yes 8) – eth - Speaketh, Sayeth = Speak, Say
Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine. Thou You (subject) “Thou art a villain!” = “You are a villain!” Thee You (object) “I give my love to thee. ” = “I give my love to you. ” Thy Your (possessive pronoun) “Thy cloak is stained with blood. ” = “Your cloak is stained with blood. ” Thine Yours (possessive pronoun) “My heart shall always be thine. ” = “My heart will always be yours. ”
Shakespeare frequently inverted the standard sentence structure of “Subject - Verb Object” “Don’t be afraid. ” “Be not afraid. ” “Don’t hurt me. ” “Hurt me not. ” “What did he look like? ” “What looked he like? ” “Did he stay long? ” “Stayed he long? ”
Shakespeare as inventor. Academe accused addiction advertising amazement assassination bandit bedroom besmirch birthplace blanket bloodstained blushing bet buzzer caked champion cold-blooded compromise courtship countless deafening elbow excitement eyeball fashionable gloomy gossip hobnob hurried label laughable lonely luggage monumental negotiate noiseless outbreak radiance remorseless savagery skim-milk swagger torture varied worthless zany
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