Question

Write 20 phrases which the modern English owes to Shakespeare. All the phrases must be written in Shakespeare English than paraphrased in modern English. Each phrase must be depicted in the creative pictorial form as well. Students are expected to elaborate the explanation with the History of the play from which the phrase is taken. Characters of the play must also be listed.

Answer 1

Explanation:

More fool you" - The Taming of the Shrew. ...

"Short shrift" - Richard III. ...

"Neither here nor there" - Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor. ...

"Mum's the word" - Henry VI, Part II. ...

"That way madness lies" - King Lear.