What the dicken's??

Along with many words, this man put his words together and created phrases. Like...
it's Greek to me,
to be more sinned against than sinning,
recall your salad days,
act more in sorrow than in anger,
if your wish is father to the thought,
vanished into thin air,
refused to budge an inch,
green-eyed jealousy,
played fast and loose,
tongue-tied,
a tower of strength,
hoodwinked or in a pickle,
knitted your brows,
made a virtue of necessity,
insisted on fair play,
slept not one wink,
stood on ceremony,
danced attendance (on your lord and master),
laughed yourself into stitches,
had short shrift,
cold comfort,
too much of a good thing,
have seen better days,
lived in a fool's paradise,
think it is early days,
clear out bag and baggage,
it is high time,
that is the long and short of it,
the game is up,
truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood,
you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play,
you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason,
to give the devil his due,
if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head),
bid me good riddance and send me packing,
wish I were dead as a door-nail,
think I am an eyesore,
a laughing stock,
the devil incarnate,
a stony-hearted villain,
bloody-minded,
blinking idiot,
by Jove,
O Lord,
Tut, tut,
for goodness' sake,
what the dickens,
but me no buts,
and it is all one to me.

If you have said any of these, you are quoting Shakespeare.

WORDS OF WILLIAM

William Shakespeare was an amazing man, he made oodles of words that we still use today here are some.................................
WORDS WHAT PLAY ITS FROM

Addiction- King Henry V, Act I, Scene I
Assassination- Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII
Bloodstained- Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene III
Bump- Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene III
Dauntless- King Henry VI, Part III, Act III, Scene III
Elbow- King Lear, Act IV, Scene III
Green-eyed- The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene II
Hobnob- Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV
Gust- Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene III
Zany- Love's Labours Lost, Act V, Scene II
Undress- The Taming of the Shrew, Act I, Scene I
Majestic- Julius Caesar (Act 1, Scene 2)
Skim milk- King Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene III
Eyeball- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene II
Moonbeam- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene I
Frugal- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene I
Fashionable- Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene III
Dishearten- King Henry V, Act IV, Scene I
Radiance- All's Well that Ends Well, Act I, Scene I
Torture- King Henry VI, Part II, Act II, Scene I
Mimic- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene II
Lackluster- As You Like It, Act III, Scene IV
Ode- Love's Labours Lost, Act IV, Scene III
Bandit- King Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene I
Caked- Timon of Athens, Act II, Scene II

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A Whole New Language

As Shakespeare wrote his plays and poems he came up with words that we now use today in our everyday language. 1700 of our common words today were invented by Shakespeare just by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives and connecting words no one ever thought to put together. He also started to use prefixes and suffixes and devising words wholly original. Shakespeare is credited for the introduction of almost 3,000 words into the language by the Oxford English Dictionary. After 400 years, there are still subtle difficulties in interpreting Shakespeare's meaning. His vocabulary, gathered from his works, numbers upward of 17,000 words. There are a number of Shakespeare's words that have shifted meanings or dropped.

Bibliography
"Shakespeare's Influence." The New York Times Company. Online. Internet. 2007. Available: http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400a.htm

"Shakespeare's Grammar." Shakespeare's Resource Center. Online. Internet. 1997-2007. Available: http://www.bardweb.net/grammar/grammar.html


"The Language of Shakespeare." Shakespeare's Resource Center. Online. Internet. 1997-2007. Available: http://www.bardweb.net/language.html

How to read "Shakespearian".

· How can we read Shakespeare & understand him?

Shakespeare’s grammar is a mystery, but only because grammar and words have changed. To read Shakespeare’s writing just takes a little time and study.
For example, “Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer”. Nobler in this phrase means “dignified” and in the mind translates to “of opinion”. To suffer is “to bear with patience or constancy”. In the end, “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer” means “Whether people think that it’s more dignified to put up with”.

5 Tips for an easier read:
-Get a general idea of the story before hand or a plot synopsis.
-Find an annotated version of the book
-Read through the play, get to know the words
-Watch a video of the play, maybe read the play along with it.
-Reread the play






“Hamlet: To be or not to be…” Shakespeare Resource Center Online. Internet. © 1997–2007 Available: http://www.bardweb.net/content/readings/hamlet/lines.html

Amanda Mabillard "How to study Shakespeare" The New York Times Company Online. Internet. ©2007 Available: http://shakespeare.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/a/howtostudy.htm