Speaking ShakeSpeare
Shakespeare invented each of the
italicized phrases, which are now
common but were unknown in English
before their appearance in Macbeth.
Look for them as you read and discover
if their meanings have changed since
Shakespeare’s time.He’s full of the milk of human
kindness (Act I, scene v, lIne 17)Don’t worry about it, what’s done is
done! (Act III, scene II, lIne 12)That will last until the crack of
doom. (Act Iv, scene I, lIne 117)She finished the job in one fell
swoop. (Act Iv, scene III, lIne 219)© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.shakespeare’s Marriage and Family Shakespeare’s
name enters the official records again in November 1582,
when he received a license to marry Anne Hathaway.
The couple had a daughter, Susanna, in 1583, and twins,
Judith and Hamnet, in 1585. Beyond names and years
in which his children were born, we know little about
his family life. Some writers have made much of the fact
that Shakespeare left his wife and children behind when
he went to London not long after his twins were born.
However, he visited his family in Stratford regularly during
his years as a playwright, and they may have lived with
him for a time in London.Actor and Playwright It is uncertain how Shakespeare
became connected with the theater in the late 1580s
and early 1590s. By 1594, however, he had become
a part owner and the principal playwright of the Lord
Chamberlain’s Men, one of the most successful theater
companies in London.
In 1599, the company built the famous Globe theater on
the south bank of the Thames River, in Southwark. This is
where most of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.
When James I became king in 1603, after the death of
Elizabeth I, James took control of the Lord Chamberlain’s
Men and renamed the company the King’s Men.Retirement In about 1610, Shakespeare retired to
Stratford, where he continued to write plays. He was a
prosperous middle-class man, who profited from his share
in a successful theater company. Six years later, on April
23, 1616, he died and was buried in Holy Trinity Church
in Stratford. Because it was a common practice to move
bodies after burial to make room for others, Shakespeare
wrote the following as his epitaph:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.His literary Record Shakespeare did not think of himself
as a man of letters. He wrote his plays to be performed
and did not bring out editions of them for the reading
public. The first published edition of his work, called the
First Folio, was issued in 1623 by two members of his
theater company, John Heminges and Henry Condell. It
contained thirty-six of the thirty-seven plays now attributed
to him.
In addition to his plays, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets
and three longer poems.eSSential queStion: how do our attitudes toward the past and future shape our actions?Literature and Culture 255LIT17_SE12_U03_A1C_WC.indd 255 2/25/16 5:09 PMSpeaking Shakespeare
Tell students that Shakespeare’s ability to use
just the right word or phrase is evident in the
many expressions that are familiar today. Review
each of the expressions, sources, and meanings
of the phrases in the text. Ask students if they
are familiar with any of the expressions and
which of them they may have used in their own
everyday language. Then present these other
familiar expressions to students and ask them to
determine their meanings:
• “Now is the winter of our discontent.. .”
(Richard III); Possible answer: Now is a time of
unhappiness.
• “... parting is such sweet sorrow.. .”
(Romeo and Juliet); Possible answer: Saying
goodbye is bittersweet.
• “All the world’s a stage.. .” (As You Like It);
Possible answer: Life is like performing
on stage.PERSONALIZE FOR LEARNING
English Language Support
Idioms Remind students that an idiom is a common expression that
cannot be understood literally. Shakespeare’s works are filled with
idioms that are commonly used in the English language. As you
review the list of idioms that Shakespeare introduced, ask students
to use each of the idioms in a complete sentence that reflects its
meaning. For example, a student may say: After three months of
training, he lost the race, crashing his hopes for the championship in
one fell swoop. Encourage students to use clauses in sentences that
make connections between the idiom and its meaning. EMERGINGWhole-Class Learning 255
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