How can I learn to enjoy Shakespeare? Have you ever asked that question? You are not alone. Millions have asked the same question.
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We are all told that Shakespeare is the Greatest writer to have ever lived. But high school Shakespeare, or home school Shakespeare, can put many of us off. Shakespearean language can seem difficult which makes Shakespeare's plays hard to understand.
The truth is, that you CAN learn to enjoy Shakespeare. His words have more beauty than almost anything else in the English language and, once you begin to learn how to understand Shakespeare, then you will be lit up in wonder at the treasures that you can find.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
This video is done as a lesson on Shakespeare. Set some quiet time aside, switch off your phone, and get ready to follow along as we look at a speech from Richard II.
You will want a copy of John of Gaunt's speech from Richard II, Act II Scene 1. It is better known as the "Sceptered Isle" speech if you wish to search for it online. There is a transcript below but it would be better if you had a copy which you can highlight.
THE SPEECH
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus expiring do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder:
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home,
For Christian service and true chivalry,
As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry,
Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son,
This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it,
Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
England, bound in with the triumphant sea
Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,
With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds:
That England, that was wont to conquer others,
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life,
How happy then were my ensuing death!
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