please help! i need these quotes translated into modern english and just translating these is NOT doing my homework there was about 50 more of them and i have to do alot more stuff with it so please help! thank you!
1."To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
2."What is best, that best I wish in thee." Troilus & C, Act ii, Sc.2
3."Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again!" Cymbeline, Act iii, Sc.5
4."Give me thy hand, 'tis late; farewell, good night." Rom & Jul, Act iii, Sc.3
5."Have more than though showest; speak less than thou knowest; lend less than thou owest." K Lear, Act i, Sc.4
6."Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, thy dial how thy precious minutes waste." Sonnet 77
7."This above all: to thine own self be true." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
2007-02-26 16:43:05 · 6 answers · asked by bob 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
it was written in early modern english and modern english is classified as to what we talk today....as my teacher says.
2007-02-26 16:50:26 · update #1
1. if you are true to yourself as sure as day will follow night you will be true to others.
2." what is better than i wish in you
3." may you travel safe and return again.
4."Give me your hand, it is late; farewell, good night."
5."Have more than you show speak less than you know, lend less than thou owe.
6."The glass will show you how your beauty will fade, your clock/watch how precious the minutes you waste are.
7. above all else to yourself be true.
2007-02-26 17:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Be true to yourself and follow your dreams. If you do that, you can't go wrong.
2. Good luck!
3. Have a safe trip/journey
4. Good night (obviously)
5. I know you have more to say than you're letting on.
6. You only have a short time on this earth before you die./Time plays on us all
The key to Shakespeare is to think of the context of the situations and the setting. THat normally makes it all clear. And also try to think about how you might say it in proper, modern english, and it isn't all that different from his writing.
2007-02-26 16:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Zeppboy67 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare wrote in Modern English. It's a somewhat archaic style, but it's definitely Modern. If it were Middle or Old English, you wouldn't be able to read it.
2007-02-26 16:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by Chris A 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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If you are lucky enough to have got a part in Coriolanus, then you will have to learn your speeches as Shakespeare wrote them - writing out a version in modern English prose is NOT a good idea, as it could well interfere with your memory of your lines as they are meant to be said.
2016-04-07 05:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by Gail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Be honest with yourself, and just like morning follows night it follows that you will be honest with others.
2. I hope you are the best man you can be.
3. Have a safe trip and come back safely
4. Pucker up and give me a good night kiss, I'm tired.
5. Keep your cards close to your vest, don't blab everything you know, don't lend your money out because you will lose your money and your friends that way.
6. Look in the mirror you are getting old, you are wasting time.
7. Don't listen to everyone else, do what you believe is right.
2007-02-26 16:58:20 · answer #5 · answered by YahooGuru2u 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are many people who would make fun of the possibility of changing their destinies. This is due to the fact that it thinks that nobody gets more that exactly what is written in his destiny.
2016-05-17 15:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means eat **** and die
2007-02-26 16:45:59 · answer #7 · answered by Killa S 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋