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Shakespeare's Language
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I, Rebecca, take thee, Bob, to be my lawful wedded husband
I, Rebecca, take thee, Bob, to be my lawful wedded husband. To have and to hold from this day forward. In this sentence, what does “thee” mean?
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Shakespeare used 2nd Person Familiar Pronouns.
Thou (you): used in the place of the subject of the sentence. Thou art my brother. Thee (you): used in place of the object of the predicate. Come, let me see thee. Thy (your): used as the possessive adjective. What is thy name? Thine (your): used as a possessive noun. To thine own self be true.
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Plural pronoun Ye: used as the subject of the sentence. Ye shall know me. Ye is kind of like saying, “You all.”
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Verb inflections Elizabethan language often used inflections, which were added to verbs. Usually, they simply added –est or –st. Thou liest. What didst thou see? Why canst thou not see the difference?
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