The Shakespearean Impact

Latin

1,700 to 3,000 words

Four times larger

<p>Around 1690</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pilgrims</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shakespeare’s English The Early Modern English language was around 100 years old when Shakespeare was writing his plays.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shakespeare contributed approximately 1,700 to 3,000 words to the English language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shakespeare's vocabulary was four times larger than that of the average well-educated man by some records.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The English language shifted into what is fully recognizable today as Modern English around 1690.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the passage from Romeo and Juliet, Romeo compares his lips, through a metaphor, to 'pilgrims'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Most major documents were still written in Latin during Shakespeare's time.</p> Signup and view all the answers