2006-10-11 06:04:27 · 14 answers · asked by kewlchic189 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
First, believe you can do it and you will. Next, by doing.
Start with the first line. Repeat it until you find a rythmn to the words. Look away from the page and picture the words in your mind. Repeat until this becomes engrained. Don't go to the second line until you can repeat the first line without the page. Once you have accomplished this, go to the second line and do the same steps. Then, combine the first and second lines together. Eventually, you will see that one line flows to the next. One thing to remember: regarding poets as eloquent as Shakespeare, there are words in previous lines that can help you to trigger your next phrase. You can also create your own "trigger" words to further enhance your memorization. Eventually, after you have memorized the whole soliloquy, you'll be able to understand the content in a deeper way, which will forever imprint this in your memory. Good luck~
2006-10-11 06:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get it with a song. The best version of the preamble to the constitution I ever heard was sung in the tune of Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man. Every time he got stuck on the actual words to the preamble, he'd break off into the chorus: Hey, Mr. Jefferson, your writings are really boring... etc... and even the teacher, whom I would have thought would NOT be amused, laughed. He got an A. Even if you don't sing it in class, singing it in your head will help you say it.
2006-10-11 06:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bitsie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIrst, read it into a tape recorder and listen to it as much as you can.
Then use some mnemonic devices... perhaps connected to beginning sounds or words.
Work in 15-20 minute bursts then break for the rest of the hour. Listen and recite right before you go to sleep... the sleep will cement it into your brain.
Good luck! My junior english teacher made us memorize sonnet 29, and we were too young to understand how we'd call it up over and over throughout our lives.
Why did you leave this until now? :-D
2006-10-11 06:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Singinganddancing 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Keep a copy in your pocket, and keep going over it all day. Make sure you understand what he's saying. Sometimes the wording he uses can be daunting, but if you understand the intentions it will help you keep a flow going, where one line leads naturally into the next. Break a leg!
2006-10-11 06:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it into a song and sing it. You probably don't want to sing it in the performance though. Unless it is a Shakespeare musical, that could be interesting.
2006-10-11 06:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by hutmikttmuk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to say it out loud over and over again - just keep doing your lines with the script first, then try to do it without the script and only look if you have to. After a while you won't need the script at all.
Good luck!
2006-10-11 06:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by Dave S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Shakespeare Soliloquy
2017-02-20 15:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read each sentence 3 to 4 times out loud, utnil you can read it with out looking. Then go to the next and the next until you have read all the lines, and then read the whole thing.
2006-10-11 06:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over and over. But remember to understand the meaning of the words. This is a story. If you keep in mind what the words mean it is easier to keep from tripping up.
2006-10-11 06:43:46 · answer #9 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tape record yourself, have someone practice with you.
I used to take words that would sound silly or a word that sounded like another word and memorize it that way in the sentence.
2006-10-11 06:08:30 · answer #10 · answered by DrPepper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋