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Shakespeare’s Language

Shakespeare’s Language. Please take out a sheet of paper. Copy the following statement: “I am a pirate with a wooden leg.”. Meter: regular rhythmic pattern in language Iamb: unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable

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Shakespeare’s Language

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  1. Shakespeare’s Language Please take out a sheet of paper.

  2. Copy the following statement: “I am a pirate with a wooden leg.”

  3. Meter: regular rhythmic pattern in language • Iamb: unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable • Iambic pentameter: a line of poetry containing 5 iambs • Ex: “I am a pirate with a wooden leg.”

  4. Write 5 “I am” statements that are in iambic pentameter. • Ex: I am a Boulder Creek High School teacher. • Place a slash after each meter and label the unstressed and stressed syllables in the first 2 statements you create. • Ex: I am/a Bould/er Creek/High School/teacher. • Share your statements with a partner near your seat.

  5. Shakespearean insults • Shakespeare is known to have quick-witted characters in his plays who often insult other characters

  6. Shakespeare Insult Generator • You will write five of your own Shakespearean insults • Insults should start with “Thou art a…” • Insults should be written in iambic pentameter (the 10 syllables include the “thou art a(n)…” • Ex: “Thou art a goatish clay-brained maggot-pie.”

  7. Insult battle • Two students go back and forth insulting each other with their Shakespearean insults. • Students can cheer, clap, laugh as appropriate. • The class will vote on the winner of the insult battle who will receive a prize.

  8. Top 10 Shakespeare Terms • 1. Thee, Thou, Thy, Thine: you and your • Shakespeare used “thee / thou” instead of “you” and the word “thy / thine” instead of “your” • 2. Art: are • A sentence beginning with “thou art” would simply mean “you are” • 3. Ay: yes • “Ay, my lady” would simply mean “yes, my lady”

  9. Top 10 Shakespeare Terms • 4. Would: wish • “I would I were …” means “I wish I were…” • 5. Give me leave to: allow me to • 6. Alas: unfortunately • 7. Adieu: goodbye • 8. Sirrah: sir or mister • 9. -eth: the ending of some root words • For example “speaketh” simply means “speak” and “sayeth” means “say”

  10. Top 10 Shakespeare Terms • 10. Don’t, do and did: A key absence from Shakespearian English is “don’t”. This word simply wasn’t around then. • So, if you said “don’t be afraid” to a friend in Tudor England, you would have said “be not afraid.” • Today we would say “don’t hurt me,” Shakespeare would have said “hurt me not.” • Rather than saying “what did he look like?” Shakespeare would have said “what looked he like?”

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