Understanding Shakespeare: Identify Images

Understanding Shakespeare: Follow the Action

Understanding Shakespeare: Follow the Thought

Romeo and Juliet, by Alicechan

Romeo and Juliet, by Alicechan

I stabbed Juliet a bit more~~ pointed out that the dagger wasn't actually stabbing Juliet and omgggg that was so very true I'm embarrassed I ever drew it that way. XD So, hopefully it looks like it's dug into her tummy a bit deeper... ^^;; Thank you for the critic Sour Apple!!

THEY ARE SO STUPID. totally wanna be them though, haha.

ugh. Too much texture I think on this one. x.x I drew this specifically to practice photoshop so I don't feel like I ever connected with it.. I colored it all there, but uhhhh...no. It had even more texture vomit it on it than this version, so I cleaned somethings up in painter. It was like.. I worked backwards... o.O interesting experience though SO I GUESS I DIDN'T WASTE MY TIME. :C

Romeo and Juliet, by dontachos

Romeo and Juliet, by dontachos

A friend of mine pointed to me that this looks suspiciously similar (haha, no, she said it in a much kinder way xD) to anime version of the play, 'romeo x juliet'. I did not intend that (i didn't even know about the anime before! So -weird-... x_x) but i can't help but admit that they do look similar so... uh... yeah. We should all now go and see the anime, i suppose xDDDD

Romeo and Juliet, by tilywendy

Romeo and Juliet, by tilywendy

Here is the other work for the exhibition. I loved the movie Romeo and Juliet made in 60's [Franco Zeffirelli film (1968)], so I chose the two main characters as the theme for my picture.

David Crystal Explains the Voice of Shakespeare

Accents in all languages have changed over the centuries. So what did English sound like in Shakespeare's day? Was it like the "Queen's English" and BBC accent of today? No, it wasn't, according to linguistics expert David Crystal.

Just as I thought, linguists turned to the poetry of Shakespeare to infer the accent with which he spoke.  Years ago my poetry professor Mary Kinzie referred to love and prove as a sight rhyme, but Crystal points out that prove sounded more like love in the time of Shakespeare.  So apparently it was an actual rhyme.