Shakespeare's Influences

William Shakespeare’s Contribution to the Early Modern English 2005130885 Sungwoo Lee 2008130198 Yeseul Kim

William Shakespeare ,[object Object]

Used more than 30,000 words,[object Object]

English Renaissance -1500~1650 -Protestant Reformation -The Copernican theory -Discovery of new lands -Increase in demand for liberal arts -Efforts to translate classics written in Latin or Greek into English

Caxton Press William Caxton’s introducing the art of Printing to the United Kingdom in 1476.

The Form of English usedin that Period ,[object Object], Centered on London, East Midland Dialect evolved, -> Obtaining the status of Standard English ,[object Object],[object Object]

What English Shakespeare used? ,[object Object]

That means, He gets free from the restraint of Form of English. ,[object Object]

Newly Coined Words ,[object Object]

Adopted a number of Latin or Greek words,[object Object]

Idioms ,[object Object], : A decision made before the evidence for it is known. An inevitable conclusion. OTHELLO: But this denoted a foregone conclusion:'Tisa shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.

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Love is blind (The Merchant of Venice),[object Object]

[object Object],Claudius: “…But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son …” Hamlet: [aside] “A little more than kin, and less than kind.”

Grammar Shift of Part of Speech Music mads me. (King Richard Ⅱ) He hath a person and a smooth dispose To be suspected…(Othello)

B. Agreement But there is two hard things. (A Midsummer-Night’s Dream) Every one of these letters are in my name. (Twelfth Night)

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