Excerpt from "As You Like It"

In a monologue, Jaques, the gloomiest character in William Shakespeare's comedy, philosophizes about how all humans go through the same roles, following the same script, throughout their lives. Memorize these words so that you can be a part of the play.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 5's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: As You Like It, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, Is Shakespeare still relevant, Shakespeare marathon, Iraq learns from Shakespeare, How Shakespeare Changed Everything, Kentucky inmates turned actors, Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, Texting Makes U Stupid, give the Bard the heave-ho
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  1. merely
    and nothing more
    All the world's a stage,
    And all the men and women merely players
  2. entrance
    the act of going in
    They have their exits and their entrances
  3. mewl
    cry weakly or softly
    At first, the infant,
    Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
  4. whine
    complain whiningly
    And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
    And shining morning face, creeping like snail
    Unwillingly to school.
  5. woeful
    affected by or full of grief or sadness
    And then the lover,
    Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
    Made to his mistress' eyebrow.
  6. jealous
    painfully desirous of another's advantages
    Then a soldier,
    Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
    Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel
  7. justice
    an official authorized to decide questions before a court
    And then the justice,
    In fair round belly with good capon lined
  8. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
    With eyes severe and beard of formal cut
  9. instance
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
    Full of wise saws and modern instances
  10. shift
    change in quality
    The sixth age shifts
    Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon
  11. spectacles
    eyeglasses
    With spectacles on nose and pouch on side
  12. shank
    the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
    His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
    For his shrunk shank
  13. treble
    the pitch range of the highest female voice
    and his big manly voice
    Turning again toward childish treble
  14. eventful
    characterized by many noteworthy happenings or incidents
    Last scene of all,
    That ends this strange eventful history
  15. oblivion
    total forgetfulness
    Is second childishness and mere oblivion
Created on Mon Sep 29 12:17:36 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Sep 30 18:24:31 EDT 2014)

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