Language of the Play

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language use in shakespeare

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In lessons 7 and 8 we focus on the language used in the play and discuss how the imagery, poetic descriptions and rich vocabulary help us to imagine the characters and create vivid mental images. Time constraints have allowed us to analyse the language used in only a few extracts from Romeo and Juliet. However, if you have been able to source a copy (or copies) of the text, you could encourage learners to practise analysing additional extracts. Alternately, the language in the play your class is studying could be analysed and even compared to the language in the extracts we examine in the lessons.