How should I read Shakespeare if I don't understand words like "hath" or "tush"?
How should I read Shakespeare if I don't understand words like "hath" or "tush"?
Henry Diaz
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Nathaniel Torres
neither of them are particularly difficult if you're familiar enough with English. 'hath' is just a present-tense form of 'have' and 'tush' is just a noise of contempt, like tutting.
David Martinez
You have a smartphone/computer, no real excuse for not just DuckDuckGoing the definitions.
Joshua Parker
>DuckDuckGoing
What?
Josiah Bell
ARE U A FUCKIGN GOOGLE NORMALFAG< PLEASE KILL YOUR SELF THANK YOU
Oliver Ramirez
Can DuckDuckGo do this?
Daniel Peterson
an edition with footnotes and a glossary is helpful, or just use an internet dictionary
Parker Sanders
That's exactly why you should read Shakespeare. Plod your way through it, otherwise, you will never learn.
Cringe.
Oliver Edwards
No but you can click literally once or just read the preview. All without having your information stolen.
Ryan Anderson
>having your information stolen
This is bad on a societal level maybe but there is no reason to worry about it personally as long as you keep in mind that advertising and your media feed are calculated to keep you clicking and buying, and have the willpower not to succumb to that.
Connor Bailey
huh?
Connor Lopez
mhm, you won, I think I'll give it a try
Noah Barnes
>reading Othello in high school English
>ask what "tupping" means
>teacher doesn't know
>we go to his computer to look it up
>first result is urban dictionary and it just says FUCKING
>we share a giggle
Camden Richardson
get an edition with a fricking glossary, and get yourself a dictionary too, sweet baba jay.
Aaron Johnson
>high school English teacher doesn’t know what ‘tupping’ means
Is this the power of American education?
Thomas Jenkins
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Xavier Rivera
Could be "tush" the old-fashioned way of saying "yikes" ?
Leo Gonzalez
I found it a lot easier to get into his work by listening to him being performed by professionals, rather than "plodding" through it like it's homework. The sort of language you refer to can often be understood by context, or by the way it's spoken, or just by immersing yourself in the language and getting used to it (a bit like any other use of language desu senpai). And the occasional obscure word shouldn't impact on your understanding too much.
There are glossaries and dictionaries etc, but I don't think those should be a starting point if you aren't already captivated, and you probably know 95% of the words of the important sections. Anyway, I'd start with listening and not with reading. Here's John Gielgud performing a few famous speeches from Julius Caesar:
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I'd also recommend John Barton's series on Shakespeare. Enthusiasm can be contagious:
Ayden Butler
ah yes, the good old "If you [insert whatever] then there is no issue with companies stealing and using your personal information"
Carter Mitchell
God I love you, user. You would have been top cut if you would have spelled it "duck-duck-going," but as it stands you're still doing God AND Nietzsche's work by playing with language.
Blake Morales
thank you user!
Jayden Foster
Just get a copy with footnotes here and there.
Brayden Foster
>tfw Shakespeare has never died yet, since he's in our cultural memory
BWAHAHAHA legiteral Chad.