EXPLORATION ON EXPRESSIONS A COLLECTION OF SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

DR. M A MOHAMED SAHUL HAMEED

Copyright © Dr. M A Mohamed Sahul Hameed All Rights Reserved. ISBN 979-888555596-8 This book has been published with all efforts taken to make the material error-free after the consent of the author. However, the author and the publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. While every effort has been made to avoid any mistake or omission, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that neither the author nor the publishers or printers would be liable in any manner to any person by reason of any mistake or omission in this publication or for any action taken or omitted to be taken or advice rendered or accepted on the basis of this work. For any defect in printing or binding the publishers will be liable only to replace the defective copy by another copy of this work then available.

To my belov’d parents

Contents Foreword

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Tribute To Shakespeare

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Acknowledgements

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Introduction

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About The Authors

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1. The Comedy Of Errors

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2. The Taming Of The Shrew

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3. Two Gentlemen Of Verona

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4. A Midsummer Night's Dream

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5. The Merchant Of Venice

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6. The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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7. Much Ado About Nothing

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8. As You Like It

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9. Twelfth Night

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10. All's Well That Ends Well

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11. Measure For Measure

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12. The Winter's Tale

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13. The Tempest

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Reference

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Foreword

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FOREWORD

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Tribute To Shakespeare Others abide our question. Thou art free We ask and ask – Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making the heaven of heavens his dwelling place, Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foiled searching of mortality; And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguessed at - Better So! All pains the immortal spirit must endure, All weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow, Find their sole speech in that victorious brow.

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Acknowledgements A favour done, not as return for another, is more valuable than heaven and earth put together. - Thirukkural Being a believer myself, I offer my sincere prayers to God for His greatest blessings upon me! At the outset, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents Janab Abdur Rahman and Janaba Hajaral Beevi, who, I do feel, are with me for ever, praying for me even after their leaving this earth. My dedicating this book to my beloved parents is nothing before their care and concern that they were bestowing upon me till the end of their life. I place on record my heartfelt thanks to our Hon’ble Chancellor Dr G.Viswanathan, our respected Vice-Presidents Mr Sankar Viswanathan, Dr Sekar Viswanathan and Mr G.V.Selvam and to our respected Vice-Chancellor Dr Rambabu Kodali and Pro ViceChancellor Dr S.Narayanan and Registrar Dr K.Sathiyanarayanan for their constant support and encouragement in bringing this book to light. I am thankful to Dr M.Manoharan, Dean, SSL, Dr G. Velmurugan, former Dean, Dr Sarika Gupta, Head and all my belov’d colleagues, Dept of English for their greatest support, help and motivation. I am greatly indebted to my belov’d colleagues Dr R.Srinivasan, Dept of English and Dr R.Calaivanane, Dept of Languages for their kind consent to be the co-authors of this book and for their commendable contributions to this book. I thank Dr Muthukrishnan, former Professor of English, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Dr R.V.Baskar, former professor of

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

English, VIT for their valuable input. I express a great deal of gratitude to my wife Yasmin and my belov’d daughter Sajitha Hajr for sparing their time with me, motivating me to bring this book to light. My heartfelt thanks are due to my belov’d son M.S.Abdur Rahman for designing the cover page of the book, making all page alignments and helping me in bringing this book expeditiously to light. I thank all my friends, well-wishers, relatives and students for encouraging me a lot to bring this book out. It is the fondness of my students for unique expressions in English that made me think of writing this book.

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Introduction William Shakespeare is an ever glittering star in the world of literature. Among all languages, English continues to enjoy a proud and prestigious status for which the contributions of William Shakespeare are highly commendable. His expressions are the greatest treasures that the whole world is proud to be in possession of. The beauty of English can be felt by heart while reading William Shakespeare. He is one of the greatest dramatists that the world has ever produced. Reading of Shakespearean plays makes one feel that Shakespeare is yet to be discovered and rediscovered. William Shakespeare’s expressions, besides enriching one’s language skills, create some sort of linguistic spirit that can be felt by passionate readers. He has expressions for all ages and for all occasions. English without Shakespearean expressions is like a garden without flowers. We got freedom from the English in 1947, but we never wish to get freedom from Shakespeare, for his expressions uniquely enslave us and enable us to use words and expressions so freely, so creatively that boundaries cannot be thought of. Greatest stalwarts in every field and greatest leaders everywhere have never failed to quote William Shakespeare. Authors in thousands have paid rich tributes to William Shakespeare. Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure, William Shakespeare still remains as an amazing mystic in the world of literature. The world of Science is nothing without outstanding scientists like Isaac Newton, Thomas Alva Edison and Albert Einstein; the world of philosophy is nothing without outstanding philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle and the world of literature is nothing without outstanding literary figures like William Shakespeare and John Milton. He stands tall in the annals of history with his unique expressions in English.

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Great wits must never get wasted in the street. The perfumes of Arabia must never lose its flavour. The expressions of William Shakespeare must not stay just on the pages of books unread or rarely read or read for securing some grade in examinations, but must be got imprinted in minds. The edge of appetite cannot be cloyed by bare imagination of a royal feast, and use of beautiful expressions in English cannot be just thought of or imagined without having a taste for Shakespearean expressions. Though the advancements of technology are highly remarkable, and have their own advantages in acquisition of knowledge, too much impact of the same in acquisition of language skills poses threat to the use of King’s or Queen’s English that was highly glorified in the days gone. Frequent use of SMS language even in formal contexts and use of e-language have made communication easy, but the beauty of language can be felt only while reading books on literature. “Old is gold” is a proverb. The authors have collected some of the most quoted and most quotable expressions from all Shakespeare’s comedies with the passionate desire to get the minds of young learners filled with Shakespearean expressions and to enable them to explore more such expressions. The authors have given readers sample sentences following Shakespearean expressions. This attempt has been made to kindle the linguistic spirit of young learners in the hope that at least a few among many would further explore expressions not only from Shakespeare, but also from other great writers of English.

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About The Authors

Dr M.A.Mohamed Sahul Hameed, Dr R.Srinivasan and Dr R. Calaivanane are Members of Faculty in the School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT, Vellore. They have great love for teaching and research. They have publised a number of research papers on language teaching-learning, pedagogical strategies, psychological research, teaching of literature and language skills in international journals of repute and delivered guest lectures on Language Teaching and Learning and Development of Life Skills in various institutes. They have received Research Awards from VIT for their contributions to the field of research. Though their area of specialization is language teaching, they have great passion and love for literature. They strongly believe that literature is a unique tool for enhancing language skills.

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