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Generate random Shakespearean insults

 

Shakespeare's word

Meaning (in the sample usage)

#

Reference(s)

Sample usage

wain

wagon

'Charles' wain' is the Big Dipper

2

1 HIV 2.1

Charles' wain is over the new chimney

want

lack

  

Rich III 1.1

want love's majesty

watched

stood watches, stayed awake; closely observed

  

Lear 2.2;

Oth 3.3

my lord shall never rest; / I'll watch him tame

web and pin

cataract of the eye

  

Lear 3.4

 he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye

welkin

sky

  

Shrew Ind.

 Thy hounds shall make the welkin answer them

willow

symbol of rejected love

25

TN 1.5

Make me a willow cabin at your gate

Olivier as LearWhen I was in college, struggling through my Signet volume of Shakespeare, I didn't have the time, money, or inclination to buy audio tapes of the plays. I've done so recently, and what a difference.

In part, because Shakespeare was meant to be heard (and seen), and in part, because the English language has changed, listening to King Lear, or any of the plays, while reading the text, adds a whole new dimension.

The humor becomes clearer; anger is better conveyed; the reader/listener at once can absorb so much more of the play. For King Lear this version with Sir Laurence Olivier, is excellent.


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