The Shakespeare Legacy Report
Language:
As the world is constantly changing so does the human language, as it continues to grow and adapt to
identify new objects and products. Constant change creates an atmosphere where everything is moving at high speed, “As long as
the needs of language users continue to change, so will the language” (Birner). Shakespeare has
influenced many words we use today such as, “compromise”, “advertising” and “champion”. Furthermore, most of
the words in English used today are shorter or simpler variations of original words derive from both Olde and
Modern English. The change of language comes from the influence of popular sources such as
book, newspapers, public figures and humans in general. Known people …show more content…
Modern English has developed over many previous years, when helped form our current English language in the 21st Century.
Language:
Shakespeare has had a tremendous influence on the development of English language and how we
communicate today. The playwright invented over 1700 words by changing nouns into verbs, altering
verbs into adjectives, and connecting words never before used together. Shakespeare added prefixes and
suffixes, as well as devised words that were wholly original (Mabillard). He broke the barriers and
somehow created them as well, as he did so with the English language to write his plays and poems. His plays and poems
became so popular that Shakespeare influenced countless people, specifically in the way they spoke English, giving
them new words and phrases to communicate. The poet experimented in the English language by
changing the meaning of words, how words and phrases were structured as well as creating new words we
still use in our current language. The playwright modified nouns into verbs and verbs to adjectives, as …show more content…
All of Shakespeare’s
characters have their own story. Many writers base their work off of Shakespeare’s famous plays and
characters, from using the same archetypes and themes for their characters in films and novels (as well as
plays). For example, the ‘forbidden love’ theme (Romeo & Juliet) is used all over the world to make films,
television shows, books and plays. ‘The comedic sidekick’ is featured in a vast majority of television
shows, these character roles all stemming from the works of Shakespeare. Media continues to create film and television themes and stories through in the presentation of Shakespeare’s archetypes,
from either a love, war, or action film. Films such as “Titanic” (1997) represent the ‘forbidden love”
archetype Shakespeare had made, as well as “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999) and the television series,
MadMen(2007-2012). Films about the ‘Tragic Hero’ include, “The Godfather Trilogy” (1972-1990),
Language:
As the world is constantly changing so does the human language, as it continues to grow and adapt to
identify new objects and products. Constant change creates an atmosphere where everything is moving at high speed, “As long as
the needs of language users continue to change, so will the language” (Birner). Shakespeare has
influenced many words we use today such as, “compromise”, “advertising” and “champion”. Furthermore, most of
the words in English used today are shorter or simpler variations of original words derive from both Olde and
Modern English. The change of language comes from the influence of popular sources such as
book, newspapers, public figures and humans in general. Known people …show more content…
Modern English has developed over many previous years, when helped form our current English language in the 21st Century.
Language:
Shakespeare has had a tremendous influence on the development of English language and how we
communicate today. The playwright invented over 1700 words by changing nouns into verbs, altering
verbs into adjectives, and connecting words never before used together. Shakespeare added prefixes and
suffixes, as well as devised words that were wholly original (Mabillard). He broke the barriers and
somehow created them as well, as he did so with the English language to write his plays and poems. His plays and poems
became so popular that Shakespeare influenced countless people, specifically in the way they spoke English, giving
them new words and phrases to communicate. The poet experimented in the English language by
changing the meaning of words, how words and phrases were structured as well as creating new words we
still use in our current language. The playwright modified nouns into verbs and verbs to adjectives, as …show more content…
All of Shakespeare’s
characters have their own story. Many writers base their work off of Shakespeare’s famous plays and
characters, from using the same archetypes and themes for their characters in films and novels (as well as
plays). For example, the ‘forbidden love’ theme (Romeo & Juliet) is used all over the world to make films,
television shows, books and plays. ‘The comedic sidekick’ is featured in a vast majority of television
shows, these character roles all stemming from the works of Shakespeare. Media continues to create film and television themes and stories through in the presentation of Shakespeare’s archetypes,
from either a love, war, or action film. Films such as “Titanic” (1997) represent the ‘forbidden love”
archetype Shakespeare had made, as well as “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999) and the television series,
MadMen(2007-2012). Films about the ‘Tragic Hero’ include, “The Godfather Trilogy” (1972-1990),