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)

12 comments:

  1. thou a-int like a sean

    thou are niberated

    thou are squirrel-bits

    (Sean B.)

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  2. Sit thee on a spit thou loggerheaded rough-hewn pumpion.

    Resign not thy day gig thou jarring plume-plucked nit.

    Hear this pox alert thou goatish fat-kidneyed barnacle.


    Darren

    Roll Tide

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  3. 1) Sit thee on a spit thou beslubbering clapper-clawed clot pole
    2)Eat my knickers thou pribbling bat-fowling canker-blossom
    3) Resign not thy day job thou lumpish boil-brained pignut

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  4. 1.Kiss my codpeice thou cankerous addlepated flax-wench
    2.Methinks you stinks thou lumpish rump-fed clack-dish
    3.Grow unsightly warts thou yeasty hedge-born moldwarp

    Jed Strickland
    #13

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  5. Kiss my codpiece thou ill-nurtured dotard

    Henceforth, let us become good enemies, and meet as little as we can

    Wipe thy ugly face thou fool born minnow

    James

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  6. Eat my knickers thou puking rump-fed nut-hook

    Eat a crocodile thou puny toad-spotted haggard

    Methinks you stinks thou warped tickle-brained jolthead

    -Forest

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  7. Bathe thyself thou beef-witted bladder!
    Swim with leeches thou infectious fly-bitten winter cricket!
    Thy mother wears armor thou paunchy mad-brained knave!

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  8. 1.Thy eatmy codpiece thy beef-witted bladder!
    2.Thou forward to sword point!
    3.Thy suck my codpiece thy witted blader!



    Daniel High

    #13 GO YANKEES!

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    Grow unsightly warts thou fool born crook pated death token!
    gus

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