Two Gentlemen of Verona
Shakespeare, did many things for the first time in theater and his plays that no other other had done before him. One of his most obvious achievements include language. It is said that he had created about over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and making up words that are completely original. Language is a big part of theater. In many plays, as well as life, people play with worlds and sentence structures to portray many different types of emotions. In Two Gentlemen of Verona, many scenes were funnier because of the wordplay they used. For example, in Act III scene i. Speed, the servant of the main character Valentine, had asked Launce, the servant of Proteus, “How now Signior Launce, what news with your mastership?” Launce replied with, “With my mastership? Why, it is at sea.” Like many other parts in the book, this dialogue shows Shakespeare creativeness and wordplay. When Valentine asks about the “mastership” what he really is talking about is Proteus because he is Launce's...
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