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Shakespeare’s charactersnames and surnames can bedivided in two types.
→ Serious names
→ Comic names.
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Serious names These ones are the names of characterstaken from:
History ( Henry V or Gloucester )
The c assics ( Chiron ! Portia )
Standard "ritish names ( Antonio ! Juliet )or surnames ( Montague ! Aragon ).
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#o specia in$uistic reason forthem
%osencrant& and 'ui denstern
rbitrary chosen and their purposeis not to make an impact on their
audience
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Comic names*ore ridicu ous and inferior.bout +, ike them in Shakespeare’s
p ays.
most a are ma e names
Their duty - common ad ectives ornouns in the an$ua$e (puns)
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Examples/oo ish $ent emen: Falstaf ! Froth .
C er$ymen! schoo masters! ustices and their associates:Pinch ! Shallow and Silence .
Ser$eants and constab es: Dull ! Elbow .
0oca s actin$ in representation durin$ peacetime! and 1$htin$for the kin$ in time of war: Botto ! Flute ! Poins ! Peto .
0adies of the town: !uic"ly ! #earsheet ! $%er&one .
C owns! esters and other servants: Si 'le and (ugby ! Mote and Costar& .
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nomatopoeic monosy ab es
n y three on$ names: Aguechec" Dogberry $%er&one
Shakespeare was fond of usin$compound names
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Shakespeare’s two patterns for compound
names:
1. 2mperative verb 3 noun• #ames for comic porpuses•
Star%ela"ey ! Pic"bone ! Patchbreech and)ee'&own
2. d ective (or ad ective4 ike noun) 3
noun• Bullcal* ! Goo&*ellow ! Mustar&see& and
Peasco& .
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