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And this person here must be shakespeare’s teacher.-
Hic Latīnē tantum loquimur.
Pardon me.
I said that we only speak Latin here.
But I don't know Latin. Could you speak in English?
Well, yes, ordinarily all of the class is communicated using Latin. But I assume I can make one exception for you now since you do seem to be an English speaking person.
Thank you very much. But first, I have something that I need to say–
This series blends historical research with fiction and imagined conversations. Not a documentary, not advice.
Today: the schooling that made Shakespeare’s language possible—and how those rhetorical “moves” show up in the plays like fingerprints.
Now Picture it: a grammar school. from at least six o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock at night Monday through Saturday. Repetition that drills itself into the mind.
Latin. Translation. Memorization. Imitation.
Not because the world is kind, but because the world is competitive.
A boy learns to hold language in his mouth like a tool—and to sharpen it.
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