THEME THURSDAY: WORDS FROM SHAKESPEARE (PAGEANTRY)
07 / 04 / 2016
THEME THURSDAY: WORDS FROM SHAKESPEARE (PAGEANTRY): meaning and examples
Good morning everyone.
Welcome to the first Theme Thursday of April! This is the month of Saint George, and the month of that both Shakespeare and Cervantes died. We think it's the perfect month to celebrate authors, so our Theme Thursday is dedicated to Shakespeare.
It is often said that Shakespeare invented, or first used, over 1,700 English words! We will look at one of those words each week during April. The first word we are looking at is PAGEANTRY.
Definition: elaborate display or ceremony.
In the play Pericles (Act V, Scene II) there is the line:
"What pageantry, what feats, what shows!"
(Feats are "accomplishments.")
Today we use PAGEANTRY for many things, and usually we use it when a ceremony or display is very exaggerated.
Example 1: The pageantry for my daughter's kindergarten graduation was shocking. She's only four years old!
Example 2: We didn't want the pageantry of a big, traditional wedding, so we eloped.
It seems perfect that Shakespeare, who is known for creating some of the most emotional plays, created a word to describe elaborate displays.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
Welcome to the first Theme Thursday of April! This is the month of Saint George, and the month of that both Shakespeare and Cervantes died. We think it's the perfect month to celebrate authors, so our Theme Thursday is dedicated to Shakespeare.
It is often said that Shakespeare invented, or first used, over 1,700 English words! We will look at one of those words each week during April. The first word we are looking at is PAGEANTRY.
Definition: elaborate display or ceremony.
In the play Pericles (Act V, Scene II) there is the line:
"What pageantry, what feats, what shows!"
(Feats are "accomplishments.")
Today we use PAGEANTRY for many things, and usually we use it when a ceremony or display is very exaggerated.
Example 1: The pageantry for my daughter's kindergarten graduation was shocking. She's only four years old!
Example 2: We didn't want the pageantry of a big, traditional wedding, so we eloped.
It seems perfect that Shakespeare, who is known for creating some of the most emotional plays, created a word to describe elaborate displays.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
