 Shakespeare is on of the most famous Englishmen  Shakespeare is famous for the effect he had on the English language  Shakespeare did this without even realizing the changes he was making  People modernized it and used it in their work day speech

 The endings on words were changing  The suffixes disappeared that let people know the grammatical functions of that word  Due to the Renaissance explosion the Modern English became very flexible  Shakespeare was a leading figure in making the language flexible

 Shakespeare began to change phrases  The English language was being set free and writers wanted to use it in their own poetry  Shakespeare was transforming his language, pointing it in the direction we use today  Modern English changes and develops as we use new phrases, foreign words, and incorporate different dialects as we speak

 The Renaissance caused the European Language to mix into the English Language  This mixture made Shakespeare excited and it gave him endless possibilities to do what he wanted with the English language  “Light seeking light, doth light of light beguile”  Intellect, wisdom, eyesight, and daylight

 “you” Both singular and plural  Old English  Thou: used for addressing one person  Ye: more than one person  By the time of Early Modern English these words seemed old fashioned to us and “you” became the norm for all grammatical functions  When we see the words “ye” and “thou” we always say that is old fashioned

 “Thou” and “Thee”  Higher rank to those people beneath them  Address God, ghosts, witches  Males address their wife with “thou” and the wives answer respectfully with “you”  Special intimacy, affection, formality, politeness, and distance  Inferior to a superior  Express feelings of anger and insulting or disrespect

 “You”  Lower status to those above them  Formal way of upper class to talk to one another  When a husband would address his wife she would respectfully respond using the word “You”

 Created words, but also created nouns into verbs  To eyeball/ elbow someone  To be caked in something  To label someone  Something is “flawed”

 Mabillard, Amanda. Words Shakespeare Invented Shakespeare Online. 20 Aug April  “Shakespeare’s Development of Middle English to Early modern English.” nosweatshakespeare. 7 April Web.