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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& .