+ Allusions By Abby Austin My Man Friday;) What’s in a Name? Most Unkindest Cut of All!

+ What’s in a Name: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would ‘t smell as sweet.” “What’s in a name” is a term that comes from Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet. In the line, Shakespeare’s wondering whether we would look at things the same way if they had a different name. The name given to an object is a mere matter of convention. The term can now be used in many different ways, one being an everlasting rhetorical question. So, “What’s in a name?”

+ My Man Friday: “My Man Friday” is a term that comes from the story of Robinson Crusoe. When Crusoe meets and helps an escaped prisoner, he names him Friday after the day he appeared. They then run off together and help one another survive. The term “My Man Friday” is now used to refer to an efficient or devoted aid or employee.

+ Most Unkindest Cut of All: Although most English teachers would scold you for saying the “most unkindest,” Shakespeare was a different story. In his play Julius Caesar, Brutus, Caesar’s closest friends, literally stabs him in the back. He says it was the “most unkindest cut of all,” because it hurt much more from a friend then it would have from an enemy. We use this term now to describe something that hurts us far worse than it should, usually due to the people involved.

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