Shakespeare Blandspace Notes
Elizabeth Underwood
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Things I learned from this video:
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- English
- His birth date isn’t confirmed, but most think he was born around April 23rd, 1564
- Did not go to University
- Had a wife, daughter, and set of twins. One of the twins dies, named Hamnet, hencee drawing the theme of death and father-son into his play Hamlet.
- 37 plays attributed to him
- People think of him as an artist and playwright; however, he was also a great business man. He was an entrepreneur and knew his market well, therefore attaining much wealth and success.
- His plays can be separated into histories, comedies, tragedies and then tragedy-comedies.
- Shakespeare was a poet due to economic demand and wrote 154 sonics in addition to several narrative poems.
- Is considered to be one of the world’s professional writers.
- He is credited with introducing almost 3,000 words to the English language.
- Idolized to the point that some say he is the most influential individual in human civilization history.
Picture Caption and Citation:
The First Folio of William Shakespeare
Publishing Shakespeare. (2014, December 15). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://www.folger.edu/publishing-shakespeare
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- There are more than 80 variations recorded for the spelling of his name (we really need a time traveler to find out these things!).
- His plays are made up of a total of 884,429 words.
- He created 1,380 characters. 1,221 of these characters had speaking parts.
- The characters with the top-three most speaking parts are as followed: Falsaft with 471, Henry V with 377, and Hamlet with 358 (while reading Hamlet I have learned most of these speaking parts are very long, props to the actors who could remember these!).
Falstaff - 471
Schrodter, A. (n.d.). Falstaff. Retrieved December 11, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falstaff
Henry V - 377
Henry V of England. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England
Hamlet - 358
Prince Hamlet. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hamlet
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Insults that stood out to me:
- “More of your conversation would infect my brain”
- “Away, you three-inch fool”
- “Out, hyperbolical fiend”
- “Though has in thy skull no more brain that I have in mine elbows”
*brain explodes*
We ❤ It. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://weheartit.com/entry/group/8054815
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Phrases I didn’t know that came from Shakespeare:
- “Knock knock! Who’s there?”
- “Fight fire with fire”
- “Wear your heart on your sleeve”
- What’s done is done”
- “In a pickle”
- “Love is blind”
- “A piece of work”
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Wear your heart on your sleeve in social business. (2011, December 29). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from https://jluytkis.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve-the-five-languages-to-really-connect-in-social-business/
Fight Fire with Fire
Fight Fire With Fire. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://www.whats-thesayinganswers.com/fight-fire-with-fire/
Love is blind
Love Is Blind Pictures. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://wallpaperhdwide.com/love-is-blind-pictures.html
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Brief Hamlet Background
- Written during the first part of the seventeenth century, probably around 1600.
- We think it was first performed in July 1602 and first published in print in 1603
- Story takes place in Denmark
- Prince hamlet, the prince of Denmark is the Play’s protagonist
- The Kind of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, is the play’s antagonist.
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Science behind Shakespearian Language
- Although famous for his plays, Shakespeare was first and foremost a poet.
- Stressing syllables is important when learning to understand Shakespearian language.
- Poetic meter = rhythm
- Trochee is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
- His favorite way of descriptive language is Iambic Pentameter. - 10 syllables
- Meter is about sound not spelling
- Iambic Pentameter was easy for his actors to memorize.
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Response to video
- This man put so much emotion in his speaking that he was actually easy to follow. For once, I was able to follow Shakespeare!! If I was reading this, I wouldn't have any idea what those random syllables and words meant; however, he makes it easy to watch and listen to because he is so engaged in the subject. I can now “hear” the Iambic Pentameter mentioned in the last Blendspace.