There’s some great point there…. and lest we forget that Mr Shakespeare invented many of the common words we use today (in that they cannot be found anywhere else in written word before his usage of them). These words include:
Puking – As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii
Hobnob – Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV
Eyeball – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene II
Obscene – Love’s Labours Lost, Act I, Scene I
Rant – Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
There are hundreds of them in total! He was a genius and in his day his plays were like modern day celebrity appearances or band gigs. I think a lot of people get turned off by some of the heavier going work – but even the tragedies such as “King Lear” have moments of fantastic humour and hilarity in them!
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