Shakespeare had an enormous working vocabulary; he used about 29,000 different words in his plays and poems. (By contrast, most people today have working vocabularies of only around 9,000 words.) Many people think of Shakespeare's language as difficult to understand, but he invented many words and phrases that we use nearly every day.
Below are some common phrases from Shakespearean plays. Choose one phrase, and explain what you think it means in 1-2 paragraphs.
Apple of her eye
Eating me out of house and home
Good riddance
All the world's stage
To thine ownself be true
Tower of strength
Wear my heart on my sleeve
This assignment is due: Monday, October 1, 2007.
Friday, September 21, 2007
The Common Shakespeare--Prompt 7
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Hello Miss Chi. You read my blog on this assaignment and asked me if I really wrote the piece. I want you to know that I did, but more then that I want you to know that this offends me that you would doubt my abilities and question my integrity. I hope that in the future this will not be a problem on your end, I assure you that it will not be on mine.
Sincerely,
Claire Foles
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