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Task: It is the year, 1597 , and you are the theater-manager of The Globe in Southwark, England. William Shakespeare, the man himself, has asked you to publicize the opening of his latest play: “Romeo and Juliet.” You are to produce a poster to hang around the streets of London to advertise the plays opening. You may use the miracle of modern technology to help you with this task if you wish. Refer to your notes and the link below to help you: http://www.shakespeare-online.com The following elements should be included in the poster (the grading rubric is outlined to guide you further): • The name of the play and its author • The type of play it is (& hence what color flag to look for) • A catchy slogan outlining the theme/topic of the play • The time, date and cost of admission (from the cheapest to the most expensive “seats”) • An eye-catching image to appeal to an Elizabethan audience
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Shakespearian Insults If you read Shakespeare, you will realize that far from being “prim and proper” a lot of his characters are rude beyond belief. Here is just a small selection of insults which you could expect to hear if you were to go and see one of his plays performed. But what do they mean in modern English? Drop into the rotten mouth of death. Thou errant whoreson clotpole! Thou thing of no bowels thou! Away, you bottle-ale rascal, you filthy bung, away! [Thine] face is not worth sunburning. [Thou art] as loathsome as a toad. The final two insults are taken from Romeo and Juliet: Draw thy tool. My naked weapon is out. ABRAHAM: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? SAMPSON: I do bite my thumb, sir.
A father’s advice to his son • Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. • Don’t tell everyone what you are thinking and think things through before you do anything. • Or: Engage brain before opening mouth! • Beware of entrance to a quarrel; But being in, bear it that the opposed may beware of thee.(Thee = you) • Be careful about getting involved in an argument, but if you have to, make sure you win!
Give every man thine ear but few thy voice; take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgement. (Censure = criticism) • Take advice from others, but don’t tell them what to do. Take criticism from others, but don’t criticize in return. • Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. (Husbandry = managing things) • Don’t borrow or lend money. If you lend money, you will probably lose that money and your friendship with the person you lent it to. Borrowing money makes you less responsible for managing and dealing with your personal affairs.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. (Thine = your) • Be honest with yourself and, naturally, you will be honest with everyone else. • Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy: rich, not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man. (Habit/apparel = clothing. Gaudy = excessive) • Buy clothes according to your budget, but dress in a classy fashion, not excessively. How you dress says a lot about you.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar: The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto they soul with hoops of steel: But do not dull they palm with entertainment of each new hatched unfledged comrade. (Palm = spending money) • Be friendly, but not obnoxiously so. Keep tried and trusted friends close with you, but don’t waste money trying to win the friendships of people you have just met.
