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However, verse isn’t spoken continuously in Shakespeare’s plays. Generally, characters of higher status speak verse (whether they are magical or aristocratic), especially if they are thinking aloud or expressing their passions. So it would follow that characters of low status don’t speak in v...
So what can Shakespeare’s plays tell us about how people really spoke at this time? And did anyone really speak like his characters? The lines spoken by Corin to Rosalind and Celia in As You Like It probably weren’t ___ of an Elizabethan shepherd. The first...
One of the most distinctive and difficult parts of Shakespeare’s work is the language. So the first thing to know is that his language doesn’t usually reflect how people speak--not in the 1600s and certainly not now. It’s not supposed to be like ordinary language. It’s language ele...
One of the most distinctive and difficult parts of Shakespeare’s work is the language. So the first thing to know is that his language doesn’t usually reflect how people speak--not in the 1600s and certainly not now. It’s not supposed to be like ordinary language. It’s language ele...
He traces the linguistic influence of writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare and Dickens to Wodehouse, and unravels the complexity Brits manage to imbue in seemingly innocuous phrases like "All right." Along the way, Moore reveals the uniquely British origins of some of the English language's more ...
today. Shakespeare used many words such as thee, thy, and hath which back then meant you, your, and has. Shakespeare is quite difficult for some to perceive because of the strange words he uses which are not in use today. The target audience is believed to be people trying to understand...
The iambic pentameter can be slightly flexible, but you must stick rigidly to the required line structure for your sonnet. Shakespeare makes these types of variations a lot in his plays, and that’s why you can hear the language as real people speak it but feel the basic meter in your he...
How long did William Shakespeare live?Question:How long did William Shakespeare live?The BardSometimes referred to as 'The Bard,' William Shakespeare is the most influential figure in English literature. His plays have been continuously performed for four centuries.Answer...