After the Shakespeare´s swearing, we received this very interesting comment on more filfhy lines from a nice blog called Shakespeare Geek and we dare to understand what lies behind this talk. Would you like to give it a try to help ?
“the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon!”- R & J
“What, with my tongue in your tail?” – Taming of the Shrew
“Did you think I meant country matters?” – Hamlet
From general research:
brawdy: jokes, mainly with dirty or sexual connotation
dial:the “face” of a watch
prick:asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous or cock: obscene terms for penis
From British History Online´s Glossary:
Country: To put one’s self on one’s. To appeal to Judge and Jury to decide the question of one’s innocence or guilt.
The mastermind who brought about such an amazing info is Duane, and among books reviews, sonnets and specific vocabulary of those days, he delievers quite surprising related issues about the greatest Bard in history.
The most curious ones:
Oh Great, The “Filthy Shakespeare” Movement Is Back
“There’s been a book around for something like 50 years called “Shakespeare’s Bawdy” that serves as a dictionary for all the dirty words and puns that Shakespeare used. I have it, it’s a very dry read. But people seem fascinated with this idea of finding the dirty words, and it seems like every now and then somebody does a new project that somehow finds even more bad words. Or perhaps they’re just phrasing it differently, to keep up with the times. In the new book “Filthy Shakespeare: Shakespeare’s Most Outrageous Sexual Puns” we’re going to learn that. “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” really meant “Claudius has syphilis.” And that the real meaning of “Hey nonny, nonny hey nonny” would make… (…)
Shakespeare Ghost Town
“Seriously. It’s a ghost town, named Shakespeare. I knew about it’s existence, but I don’t think I’ve ever linked to it. Technically has nothing to do with the real Shakespeare, as far as I can tell, …”
Allusions to Hamlet in Joyce’s Ulysses
“Having never read the latter I’m not really sure what to do with this, but it seems like it might be interesting to the more well…”
What Are You Doing For Shakespeare’s Birthday?
“This April 23 the world will celebrate William Shakespeare’s 444th birthday. Nice number. What are you doing, anything good? …”
Check out also Duane ‘ s fave links to go deeper onto Shakespeare at the section Link Love and you may turn into one of his disciples. Nice idea . . .
Image credits:
[O]ne man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
A police sketch artist trained in age progression tried to extrapolate what Shakespeare might’ve looked like at age 14, resulting in the image to the right.
2: And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
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