Reading Shakespeare
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Reading ShakespeareA simple guide
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Four Issues for the modern reader
1. Words2. Sentences3. Wordplay4. Implied Stage Action
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Words
1. Unfamiliar words Antiquated (we no longer use them)▪ Parle
Discussion▪ Soft
▪ Hold How do I know this?
Footnotes
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Words
2. Geography• Elsinore▪ Hamlet’s Castle
How do I know this? Footnotes
3. Words that have a different meaning3. Rivals (1.1.14) ▪ Companions
How do I know this? Footnotes
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SentencesConsider the meaning: The dog bit the boy. The boy bit the dog.In English, meaning is
dependant on placement of words.
Because of this, unusual arrangements can confuse a reader
Shakespeare shifts this for his rhythm
Actors will read this to help with meaning
At home, reading aloud will help.
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Sentences
English builds like this:
Shakespeare will switch these:
Subject VerbHe Goes
Verb SubjectGoes He
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Sentences
English builds like this:
Shakespeare will do this:
Subject Verb ObjectI Hit Him
Object Verb ObjectHim I Hit
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Sentences
Shakespeare will also separate words that usually belong together:
The sentence should read:“When he combated”
Shakespeare will write“When he the ambitious Norway combated”
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Wordplay Puns
Play on words that sound the same but have different meanings
Son/sun Claudius asks his “son”
why his mood is so cloudy, to which Hamlet answers he is “too much in the sun”▪ Hamlet is not Claudius son
and is not happy being called that.
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Implied Stage Action
Notice there is very italicized stage action. Shakespeare will write the stage action right into the lines – this is how actors know to: Move across the
stage Shiver because of
cold Shake hands and
hug Do a spit take
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Printing a book
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Published Text history
1603 – Quarto (Bad) – this includes different names and only 2,300 lines
1604/05 – Good Quarto
1623 – 7 years after death – First Folio
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