This blog has come about because of a chance comment by one of my students. He said that he wished that there was somewhere he could go for ideas on how to teach Shakespeare to his class. I'm going to attempt one idea each day.

Monday, 20 June 2011

Invective and insults

Invective is a brief denunciation.  Shakespeare uses some wonderful language to insult his characters.

Ask students to identify some Shakespearean insults.  Then ask them to identify the features of the language or format that give the insults colour.  They may be similes, metaphors or a long list separated only by commas so that the speech races.
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