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conceit

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on 2007-09-20 by cburell

definition we want here is an elaborate literary play on words or images.  Think of John Donne. Think also of a pun or double-entendre that is extended across several lines or verses.

jovial

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aside

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durst

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to want

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be it

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it is meet to do that

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portend

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*fain -

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choler

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“humors”

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sanguine

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choleric

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abound

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forbear

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credulous

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to want - to lack

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be it - whether ~

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how now - “what’s up,” “how are you”
*beseech - plead, beg
*to essay - try
*fain - gladly, happily
*it is meet to do that - appropriate, agreeable, fitting
*to portend - foreshadow
*sirrah - mister, sir
*choler - anger (one of the four “humors”: sanguine, choleric..)
*abound - abundant
*entreaty - request, plead
*forbear - refrain, “don’t!”
*pray - please (prithee)
*soft - wait, hold on, be quiet
*hie - go away
*anon - soon
*credulous - (trust, believe) trustful

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*economy: not wasting words
- “there are lots of hyperboles in…”
- “hyperboles abound in…” : better

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- Shana: Edmund would be seen differently today, more people would be sympathetic, understanding of his anger..

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VOCAB
*jovial - good natured, jokes a lot, laughs easily
*conceit - egotist; elizabethan - play on words
*aside - stage direction
*durst - to dare
*to want - to lack
*be it - whether ~
*how now - “what’s up,” “how are you”
*beseech - plead, beg
*to essay - try
*fain - gladly, happily
*it is meet to do that - appropriate, agreeable, fitting
*to portend - foreshadow
*sirrah - mister, sir
*choler - anger (one of the four “humors”: sanguine, choleric..)
*abound - abundant
*entreaty - request, plead
*forbear - refrain, “don’t!”
*pray - please (prithee)
*soft - wait, hold on, be quiet
*hie - go away
*anon - soon
*credulous - (trust, believe) trustful

WRITING
*economy: not wasting words
- “there are lots of hyperboles in…”
- “hyperboles abound in…” : better

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Shana: Edmund would be seen differently today, more people would be sympathetic, understanding of his anger..
- Edmund as a bastard: still today (in Korean culture as well), bastards are perceived .. “unceremoniously”

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soliloquy

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