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Elizabethan Era Insults
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Gr. 9 English
Mr. Pendergast
There are many ways to insult someone, the most fun being Shakespeare's famous insults.
You can find insults in many of Shakespeare's plays, with some of
the best lines being in Henry IV, V,
Romeo and Juliet, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Examples
You are as a candle, the better burnt out.
(Henry IV, Part 2)
You, minion, are too saucy.
(The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Other Shakespearean insults are just insults that are said with Olde English wording.
These are simple to make, as you just use old-fashioned words with either thou or thy instead of I or you. Be creative!
Examples
Thou bootless
doghearted
canker-blossom!
Thou loggerheaded
folly-fallen hugger-mugger!
Language
Bibliography
http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-words/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hobnob
Elizabethan Era Insults
Some of these words
are words we use in our everyday lives.
Shakespeare coined many words and phrases, to be used in both plays and insults.
cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr
Thou art a very
ragged wart.
(Henry IV, Part 2)
Other Insults
HOBNOB
Thine face is not worth sun burning.
(Henry V)
ROAD
SWAGGER!!!
Shakespearean insults can
be one of two things. They can
be insults, said with Olde English
wording, and true Shakespearean
insults from his plays.
And our personal favourite...
Examples
Where to Find Them
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/
cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr
Shakespeare's Insults
By Wayne F. Hill & Cynthia J. Ottchen (822.33H HILL)
Swagger - Photo Credit to Harrison Kibler
Jessica Kennedy
Jaime Simons
(cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr