Yes, the Elizabethans had much longer attention spans and powers of concentration than people do nowadays. Compared to the Elizabethans, all 21st century people are ADHD.
We do not know how Elizabethan audiences reacted to specific lines in plays. Nobody recorded that kind of information.
Ears. As in "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Elizabethan English is modern English--most words are the same now as they were then.
Probably the same as people these days--5000 to 10,000. Shakespeare used something like 30,000 words, many of which he made up, so his audiences must have had to figure out a lot of them from context.
Love for anyone in Elizabethan England would be quite difficult seeming as most marriages were arranged and no one would have the chance to get to know their partner which they would undoubtedly spend their whole life with. Most people thought that love was just a children's fairy-tale story, in other words, not real. Only for the few lucky couples would fall in love at first sight and live happily ever after.
After Antony is rude to them, Cassius says, "Now, Brutus, thank yourself. This tongue had not offended so today if Cassius might have ruled." In other words, if Brutus had listened to him and killed Antony back in Act III they wouldn't have had to listen to this kind of abuse.
We do not know how Elizabethan audiences reacted to specific lines in plays. Nobody recorded that kind of information.
Elizabethan clothing is clothing during the Elizabethan age. In other words, this is the age of Shakespeare and the bubonic plague.
Vocabulary examines the words you use when addressing different audiences.
the medicine that was used in the Elizabethan times was made out of herbs and spices, in other words were natural.
The author's new book kept me riveted as I intently read its pages.Intently immersed in the story's plot, I lost track of time when reading the book.The writer used many words to describe the student's attention level, but not the word 'intently'.
The author's new book kept me riveted as I intently read its pages.Intently immersed in the story's plot, I lost track of time when reading the book.The writer used many words to describe the student's attention level, but not the word 'intently'.
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She listened intently as the storyteller spun a tale of adventure and mystery, painting vivid pictures with words that transported her to far-off lands.
Ears. As in "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Elizabethan English is modern English--most words are the same now as they were then.
Playwright, poet, Elizabethan, actor, theatre.
Martin Luther King Jr. used different words with different audiences to connect with and inspire a wide range of people. He tailored his language to the specific context and needs of different groups, using religious references and moral appeals with religious audiences, while employing more political and civil rights language in other settings. By doing so, he effectively conveyed his message to diverse audiences and sparked a collective call for action and change.
Pick up a copy of William Shakespeare's Plays and start reading - they are written in Elizabethan English. e.g. dastard, betwixt, methought, Tush!, pr'ythee, doth,