Sunday, April 15, 2012

Shakespearean Insults (Due Friday, April 20th!)

One of my goals in teaching Shakespeare is to expose you to his language.  Shakespeare is known for inventing new sayings, often writing in rhyming couplets, and using an expansive and descriptive vocabulary.  Since it can be intimidating to try to understand his language, I have always found that approaching his words with playfulness and enjoyment helps!  Even if you don't understand everything, you can revel in the rhythm and cadence of his words.  

Shakespeare was also a famous for writing scathing insults!  I want you to go to the following links and create some insults of your own using Shakespeare's language.  If you need some ideas, you can look at some pre-generated insults by clicking on the botton link.  Write your TOP 3 insults on the blog!

Write some insults of your own!

(See some of Shakespeare's insults)

8 comments:

  1. Eat my knickers thou fool born rump fed horn-beast

    Remove thine ass hence thou tardy-gaited milk-livered haggard

    Kiss my codpiece thou dankish ill-breeding dotard

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  2. Eat a crododile thou fool-born elf-skinned foot licker

    Tune thy lute thou artless common-kissing nut-hook

    Bathe thyself thou cockered onion-eyed boar-pig

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  3. Get thee gone thou puking fat-kidneyed pigeon-egg

    Kiss my codpiece thou weedy ill-breeding foot-licker

    Clean thy ears thou unmuzzzled swag-belled bladder

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  4. grow unsightly warts thou weched ill-nutritiond barnical
    ill see the hanged thou yeasty flap mouthed clotpole
    resigne not thy day gig thou infectius fool bourn flirt gill


    by jach (jack)

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  5. Eat my knickers thou rump-fed applejohn
    remove thine ass hence thou gorbellied Flap-dragon
    Swim with leeches thou shard-borne dotard


    Ben

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  6. My finger in the eye artless thou weather-bitten giglet.

    Eat a crododile thou weedy half-faced bladder.

    Away I say thou goatish hell-hated harpy

    Chandler P

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  7. Trip on thy sword thou cockered codpiece-sniffing clot pole.

    Kiss my codpiece thou infestious milk-livered bladder.

    Remove thine ass hence thou lumpish fen-sucked foot-licker.

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