2007-02-15 05:42:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
He has had a huge impact on our language.
When I was teaching, I had a poster in my classroom, that said:
"If you cannot understand my argument, and declare: it's Greek to me, you are quoting Shakespeare. If you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare. If you act more in sorrow than in anger, if your wish is father to the thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare. If you have ever refused to budge an inch, or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not a wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance on your lord and master, laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort, or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days, or lived in a fool's paradise, why, be that as it may, the more fool you, for it is a foregone conclusion that you are as good luck would have it, quoting Shakespeare. If you think it is early days, and clear out bag and baggage, if you think it is high time, and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up, and that truth will out, even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom, because you suspect foul play, if you have teeth set on edge, at one fell swoop, without rhyme or reason, then to give the devil his due, if the truth were known, for surely you have a tongue in your head, you are quoting Shakespeare. Even if you bid me good riddance, and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a doornail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody minded or a blinking idiot, then by Jove! O Lord! tut tut! For goodness' sake! What the dickens! But me no buts, it is all one to me, for YOU ARE QUOTING SHAKESPEARE."
(Bernard Levin compiled that for The Times)
Our language today would be entirely different without Shakespeare. So many words were coined by him, many spellings (the peculiarities of modern English) were caused by him, and as you can see, a huge number of common idioms were originally penned by Shakespeare.
2007-02-15 06:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as much as i think he's boring....he really did influence are society. He never went to a university, so many people looked done on him...but after they read him poems, plays, sonnets....they were jealous of him. he wrote over 36 play....and most of them are still read today. All of his plays had a moral, or a lesson. Which made them great for children and adults. And they had man's basic needs....that still haven't changed over time. Also he made up so many words!! Most of which we use today in our everyday language! Overall he was a very good man. but yet you might consider him boring. none the less he was very very intelligent . especially for his time.
2007-02-15 06:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by Alicia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writing an essay are we? you're able to communicate on the subject of the extra effective than 2 hundred words he presented to the English language. that's continually a robust one. did you already know that he created the be conscious "assassinate"? by using Will, we've a be conscious for being accomplished in with the help of a employed murderer.
2016-09-29 03:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by guyden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made practically all of us sit in class and listen to his boring drivel. I say English boffs, get over it already. All of his plots are the same, so why everyone thinks he is so great beats me.
I wont be the first to say it, and I wont be the last
Shakespear sucks asz
2007-02-15 05:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Theres a road near where i live called 'shakespere'
*just thought i would get that outa my system
2007-02-15 05:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by § gαввαηα § 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He gave people something to read in english lessons
2007-02-15 05:47:28 · answer #6 · answered by x_Hayley_x 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure he did?
2007-02-15 05:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by lulu 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋