Shakespearean dating tips - Anthony John Peters

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2013
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    Beyond giving the world dozens of English language masterpieces and inventing countless words (including the word countless), William Shakespeare, ever the overachieving bard, especially had a way with the romantic turn of phrase. Anthony John Peters explains why Shakespeare's coy use of metaphor was so effective -- and may just help you get a date today.
    Lesson by Anthony John Peters, animation by Kat Llewellyn.

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  • @erikag7206
    @erikag7206 7 лет назад +520

    look buddy, Shakespeare was great and all but I ain't about to stab myself for my crush lmao

    • @Merodii_skz
      @Merodii_skz Год назад +2

      Lmao im 5 years late but Lmao

    • @ryansvideogamereviews7380
      @ryansvideogamereviews7380 Месяц назад

      Fair enough. Romeo would have benefited from paitience himself. Waiting a few hours to drink that posion was all it took for that happily ever after which never came.

  • @philosophicalyoungmind5146
    @philosophicalyoungmind5146 8 лет назад +292

    Oh that was so informative, thank you for entitling this video "Shakespearean dating tips" while not including ANY dating tips.

    • @typograf62
      @typograf62 8 лет назад +37

      +Philosophicalyoungmind You did not get it? Then read some of his sonets. And the aforementioned play Romeo and Juliett. The key is the sweet and ornate language, the flattery, the mastery of words. Perchance Shakespeare did not give exact dating tips, but knowing and quoting his words be some sort of a beginning.

    • @saphiwrath
      @saphiwrath 5 лет назад +2

      @@typograf62 I am disappointed :(

    • @sjyoti5593
      @sjyoti5593 Месяц назад

      😂😂😂

  • @DolphinsRule931
    @DolphinsRule931 8 лет назад +138

    I bought a "translated" version of the Merchant of Venice for school once. When you don't have to read a sentence 3 times to make sense of it, his work is great :P

    • @sampeacaml9307
      @sampeacaml9307 4 года назад +4

      Yeah, why read the hard version, first when you can better understand it with a version in an easier language?

    • @aadityadatir6456
      @aadityadatir6456 11 месяцев назад

      @@sampeacaml9307eems like schools just want us to suffer lol

  • @dominicguye8058
    @dominicguye8058 9 лет назад +35

    Like if you have a desire to put balloons in a toaster.

  • @deckerdonat8529
    @deckerdonat8529 4 года назад +36

    0:24 William Shakespeare can right up to 3 lines of writing at the same time? No wonder he's so popular now.

    • @Christianoul
      @Christianoul 2 года назад

      Thanks for making me notice that. =)

  • @keltzar1
    @keltzar1 10 лет назад +30

    This reminds me of something a friend once told me, "The thing about Shakespeare is his stuff is all about sex and violence, once you realize that his works become a lot more interesting."

  • @lambadajewo.4143
    @lambadajewo.4143 Год назад +12

    Let's be honest, the greatest way a date started in Shakespeare was Horatio's "here, sweet lord, at your service"

  • @thespaceace8164
    @thespaceace8164 6 лет назад +15

    Many think that Shakespeare didn't invent the words we attribute to him, but picked them up from the slang of his time. They probably started somewhere in the lower classes, likely among the women.

  • @thepip3599
    @thepip3599 8 лет назад +114

    (I think) At one point in a Shakespearean play one person says (something like)
    "thou hast undone our mother"
    and the other person replies
    "villain, I have done thy mother".
    Yup, a yo-mamma joke. (Kinda.)

    • @ItsAllConspiracy
      @ItsAllConspiracy 8 лет назад +9

      It's from Titus Andronicus. There's also a scene where two rapists are baked into pies and served to their mother. Good times

  • @MLD.Ltd.
    @MLD.Ltd. 5 лет назад +16

    1:26 oh Shakespeare is VERY different than today's catcalls, How dare you compare those two

  • @medelinejayasaputra2852
    @medelinejayasaputra2852 8 лет назад +28

    Thou art the star
    Staying in my heart
    Thine light maketh I go on 💕

  • @stephaniederisse1909
    @stephaniederisse1909 10 лет назад +17

    Shakespeare is not BORING. If people could understand how passionate he speaks they would probably learn a few things. Nothing has changed much because jealousy, and hate still exists when it comes to love. ( I can testify from personal experiences)

  • @shadysaar
    @shadysaar 7 лет назад +45

    i never hated shakespear. i actually think its a shame that we never learned about shakespear at school 🙁

    • @anniebleveans3682
      @anniebleveans3682 6 лет назад +7

      freaky bae it's a shame you never learned spelling at school

    • @breebonaccorso-fielding8702
      @breebonaccorso-fielding8702 5 лет назад +4

      We learn nothing but Shakespeare at our school...

    • @unamed2516
      @unamed2516 4 года назад +4

      shadysaar You should actually be more than relieved! Teaching kids Shakespeare plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet is the worst thing to deal with! I can barely love Romeo and Juliet because of the way the kids and the teacher acted in class.

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Год назад +2

      I learnt Shakespeare in school and trust me, his plays are good but reading them caused me to lose one of my 3 braincells

  • @user-ui7uv8kh7f
    @user-ui7uv8kh7f 6 лет назад +16

    poor shakespeare, getting booed at the start.

  • @AishaVonFossen
    @AishaVonFossen 4 года назад +3

    The only thing I have to add to using pretty words: Practice equally attractive actions.

  • @zerd1801
    @zerd1801 4 года назад +3

    The problem isn’t Shakespeare, the problem is READING Shakespeare. Trying to read a play diminishes the emotion and excitement of the stage, it’s intended medium. It’s like how a movie is never as good as the book, because you always lose a certain something.

  • @erinhollow773
    @erinhollow773 2 года назад +3

    We're starting a Shakespeare unit in my class today and us students are surprisingly into it. I think that's in part because every time there's a ghost my teacher yells "OOOOOOOO"

  • @planesrift
    @planesrift 6 лет назад +16

    Wasn't his stories mostly end up in tragedy?

    • @anushka1063
      @anushka1063 3 года назад +1

      No? He wrote many romantic comedies too. Go check them out!

  • @umbrellastand9
    @umbrellastand9 10 лет назад +3

    He is using the spelling that was using the spelling that was preferred in the English Augustan era (Queen Anne - George II), and found on the additional plays section in the 1664 Third Folio amongst other places. It was one of many ways of spelling his name found over the years. His own signatures gave us Willm Shakp, William Shaksper, Wm Shakspe, William Shakspere, Willm Shakspere and William Shakspeare. The modern spelling is just convention (maybe).

  • @AmadeosWolfgang
    @AmadeosWolfgang 10 лет назад +3

    And yet we still emulate his works. True, using the same language verbatim does sound drab and past its time, the method behind the language is what we can learn from and what we use. Language today is much more harsh, brutish and blunt, and children today are brought up with it, not wanting to listen to the more subtle, complex and acute language that is used by Shakespeare.

  • @louisliu1001
    @louisliu1001 5 лет назад +15

    Shakespearean language is so beautiful!!!
    Othello: O Spartan dog!

  • @distruptor
    @distruptor 10 лет назад +61

    so dated.. 400 year old pickup lines

    • @michaelaaron2415
      @michaelaaron2415 6 лет назад +2

      That still would work some girls think your smart using those words thus will hangout and nexflix

  • @nathanielzivstern2325
    @nathanielzivstern2325 10 лет назад +2

    15 years old, love Shakespeare, and proud of it.

  • @mydogdeli
    @mydogdeli 2 года назад +1

    As any student of Shakespeare knows, he used iambic pentameter A LOT. As such, the line should be pronounced, "As IS a WING-ed MESSenGER of HEAven", with a very clear two syllables on "wing-ed". If you're going to have a designated narrator, they should know how to pronounce the lines, doncha think?

  • @riddlers91
    @riddlers91 10 лет назад +2

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but the words he apparently created, wasn't they just the slang words being used at the time? His plays were for everyone so he would of used everyday language.
    Not everybody could read so the slang of the commons didn't make the archives except for in Shakespeare.

  • @AmadeosWolfgang
    @AmadeosWolfgang 10 лет назад +2

    In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the language used is specifically on a subject you wouldn't typically go into the first time you meet someone. One of the big stepping stones in a relationship is knowing if you agree (or agree to disagree) about God, whether he exists or not or if you don't care if he does. I'm not saying it is a good idea to marry someone the day after you meet them, ever, but the love between those two was conveyed as truly as possible given the restraints on time.

  • @Nullifidian
    @Nullifidian Год назад +3

    I tried this advice by reading _Richard III_ and ended up stabbing my future wife's then husband, her husband's father, and then, with her father-in-law's corpse nearby, I wooed her by threatening to stab myself if she would just say the word. Did I do it wrong?

  • @thesutherlandj
    @thesutherlandj 10 лет назад +3

    I love the Flight of the Conchords reference! "You're the most beautiful girl in the room"

  • @Atalinay
    @Atalinay 10 лет назад +4

    Basically Shakespeare writes complicated soap operas. Awesome!

  • @omerlavian5120
    @omerlavian5120 10 лет назад

    I wish the RUclips descriptions had the qualifications of the lesson maker, as in doctor, masters in literature, etc.

  • @bigsquez
    @bigsquez 10 лет назад +3

    if you can show me that you can pick up a girl using Shakespeare, then I'll do my best to read all the books.

  • @operativexeight
    @operativexeight 10 лет назад +2

    I'm madly in love and some Shakespeare could sooth my heart right now.

  • @lilyellaallyson
    @lilyellaallyson 3 года назад +2

    MY TEACHER IS ANTHONY JHON PETERS! HE WROTE THAT OMGGGGGG

  • @neresavillanuevasanidad3869
    @neresavillanuevasanidad3869 7 лет назад +3

    Shakespeare invented the first version of my name which is Nerissa who is Portia's lady in waiting in the Merchant of Venice. I even volunteered to read her lines since my name doesn't come up in anymore stories or plays. Neresa is my name. ^-^

  • @yesolkang1422
    @yesolkang1422 6 лет назад +2

    i want to know more about the narrator! His voice is so sweat,, so.. then any information relating to him?

  • @smokeysky
    @smokeysky 10 лет назад

    A lot of those words where not invented by him.
    But he was familiar and creative with language, plus he wrote a lot.
    The word assassination for instance is first seen in McBeth.
    But he most likely did not invent it, as it comes from an old arabic word.
    Still the man is brilliant and I love his works.
    Here is something interesting:
    Shakespeare: Original pronunciation
    /watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s
    It makes such a difference

  • @didarmirza4182
    @didarmirza4182 6 лет назад +1

    Damn great voice acting

  • @NiloufarHafizi
    @NiloufarHafizi 10 лет назад

    What do you mean by out of touch? Given the circles he moved in, was he out of touch with his social peers for his time, out of touch with people in general, or does he feel out of touch for us because we are not accustomed to the language he uses?

  • @h0gan100
    @h0gan100 10 лет назад

    the source volume needs to be increased please ^^

  • @MagisterSaxonides
    @MagisterSaxonides 10 лет назад +2

    *mischievous (Webster's notwithstanding)

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire 10 лет назад +1

    We don't really know if Shakespeare INVENTED words, or was just the first known person to write them down. Many of the words he was using may very well have been common to the time in which he lived.

  • @woodfur00
    @woodfur00 10 лет назад

    Oh, do I want to be treated like garbage? I didn't realise. But you're clearly the wiser one here so go ahead and do what Your Majesty thinks is right.

  • @AwesomeMcGuirk
    @AwesomeMcGuirk 10 лет назад +2

    I tried this. It didn't work :( I think I did it a little wrong... I told her that she was like a crow among doves. She did not take it as a compliment to her outstanding beauty. In fact, she slapped me and left the room.

    • @Bro-ct1in
      @Bro-ct1in 3 года назад

      LMAO who wouldn't

  • @strongninjagaming9210
    @strongninjagaming9210 3 года назад +1

    who wouldve know that my english teacher is Anthony John Peters

  • @AmadeosWolfgang
    @AmadeosWolfgang 10 лет назад

    There are ways of translating the method rather than simply using the language. You essentially want to subliminally suggest to her that she loves you, or at least the idea that you love her. Being too forward, or too obvious of your intentions can and likely will be construed as offensive.

  • @ily9334
    @ily9334 Год назад

    love Shakespeare

  • @hankreardenfan1019
    @hankreardenfan1019 8 лет назад +2

    What about Prejudice?! Shylock lost because of an unfair trial based on it. He's Jewish, so he lost. Poor Shylock, it's philosemitic to me!

  • @AlanKey86
    @AlanKey86 10 лет назад

    Apparently, old Shakes was the first to describe a girl as an Angel
    ..ow where did I hear that? John Green maybe? Or Vsauce. Something like that.

  • @tanmayarvind3651
    @tanmayarvind3651 4 года назад +2

    These are 400 year old pickup lines.
    I guess you could say it's dated.

  • @thomasedgerley7453
    @thomasedgerley7453 6 лет назад +1

    Shakespeare inspired Pickle Rick?!!

  • @MansionByBeach1
    @MansionByBeach1 10 лет назад +1

    1:41

  • @picklerichard3600
    @picklerichard3600 3 года назад +1

    This video was sponsored by shakespeare

  • @skyquinntransitus8636
    @skyquinntransitus8636 2 года назад

    I'm so down bad 😞

  • @justjaz2996
    @justjaz2996 5 лет назад +1

    I love Shakespeare cause I start to hate a character then they'll die

  • @kuallaadolphe8766
    @kuallaadolphe8766 10 лет назад

    Coach

  • @Brust90
    @Brust90 10 лет назад

    To get the one you love, to love you back.
    This sounds like a horrible act. What did he mean?

  • @user-rd1hz9zj9l
    @user-rd1hz9zj9l 5 лет назад +1

    Well done but too much fast

  • @inspiredme7030
    @inspiredme7030 6 лет назад +1

    The last advice wont work... believe me

  • @2b-coeur
    @2b-coeur 7 лет назад +2

    Haaahahaha, yeah, "to discover the best ways to get the one you love to love you back" - like proposing after knowing each other for what, 20 minutes at the most? Or completely ignoring her (or dragging her around a room, according to one very dramatic movie interpretation) as you procrastinate doing something important, then killing her father and leaving without even checking on her?

  • @pigglepower
    @pigglepower 10 лет назад

    Shakespeare invented my name (Jessica) so I guess I owe him that lol

    • @nameisrango
      @nameisrango 2 года назад

      The Merchant of Venice

    • @nameisrango
      @nameisrango 2 года назад

      Did you find your Lorenzo😂

  • @Billchu13
    @Billchu13 10 лет назад

    Perhaps thou could cease courting trollops?

  •  10 лет назад

    Well, I'm french, THANKS FOR NOTHING SHAKESPEARE

  • @zaidansari1731
    @zaidansari1731 4 года назад

  • @keltzar1
    @keltzar1 10 лет назад

    Or, you know, you're seeing the world as you think it is rather than how it actually is.

  • @Raktasdelespacio
    @Raktasdelespacio 3 года назад

    I mean... assassination is just making the assasinate into a noun, and it comes from assassin, Shakespeare didn't invent that...

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 10 лет назад

    mis·chie·vous

  • @MrVankog
    @MrVankog 10 лет назад

    Get the girl you love... if she understands the historic gibberish ^^
    As a foreigner it is really hard to understand Shakespeare's language.

  • @Ca11m3Raven
    @Ca11m3Raven 10 лет назад

    BUTSBUTSBUTS!!!!

  • @360.Tapestry
    @360.Tapestry 7 лет назад +2

    as much as i should like the works of shakespeare to be better appreciated, this video is misguided lol

  • @justinfung4351
    @justinfung4351 10 лет назад +1

    I don't think these would work at all.

  • @RoyerStudiosPSAs
    @RoyerStudiosPSAs 10 лет назад

    An educated mind is very attractive and date-worthy!

  • @JellyWaltzov
    @JellyWaltzov 10 лет назад

    *Shakespeare
    boooo at you

  • @steambloxlive
    @steambloxlive 4 года назад

    Funny how dating tips were never mentioned
    #clickbait

  • @LeftBehindKitten
    @LeftBehindKitten 10 лет назад

    Reviving proper English :)

  • @alcyonae
    @alcyonae 10 лет назад

    But... you spelled Shakespeare wrong.

  • @robinrobinrobinledford2104
    @robinrobinrobinledford2104 5 лет назад

    🖐🤗

  • @u2damoney
    @u2damoney 10 лет назад

    Gotta use the smiley face...B*tches LOVE smiley faces :)

  • @D4bbl3zGaming
    @D4bbl3zGaming 10 лет назад

    What I got from this episode: Read Shakespeare. Get laid.

  • @Watupm
    @Watupm 10 лет назад

    I guarantee you're one of the kids who boo at shakespear

  • @supersporkspank
    @supersporkspank 10 лет назад +1

    Using the word "Shakespeare" within any classroom in the 21st century has become almost as dangerous for teachers as putting balloons in a toaster, unless of course words like "deconstruction", "phallogocentrism" and "patriarchy" are used in the same sentence.

  • @BobF510
    @BobF510 5 месяцев назад

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  • @ellencasey2865
    @ellencasey2865 3 года назад

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  • @Reashu
    @Reashu 10 лет назад

    I don't think you'll ever get high odds on that one... Regardless of what he did or didn't accomplish in his time, Shakespeare is boring and outdated today. Kids boo for good reasons.

  • @Tristar10h
    @Tristar10h 10 лет назад

    Historical evidences have shown Shakespeare did not wrote all those famous works.
    Either was stolen, cheat, bought or simply plagiarism.
    Let see how far this Anthony guy achieve with those archaic language on modern women.
    "Shake-Spear" itself is a violent word, his ancestors must have loved war and death.

  • @manumaster1990
    @manumaster1990 5 лет назад +1

    clickbait!

  • @pluto_1626
    @pluto_1626 4 года назад

    what?! I mean who moans at the mention of Shakespeare?????

  • @Ankit.Sethi.
    @Ankit.Sethi. 10 лет назад +1

    dafuq did i just watch

  • @shakespearelover1239
    @shakespearelover1239 4 года назад

    All the Shakespearean dating you need: ruclips.net/video/tR0xYEMlMi4/видео.html

  • @AndrewKelley
    @AndrewKelley 10 лет назад +1

    A pitiful attempt to defend the most banal writer who ever lived. "Dull" does not even begin to describe Shakespeare. It would be like trying to use a billiard ball instead of a scalpel for open heart surgery.

    • @360.Tapestry
      @360.Tapestry 7 лет назад

      come see how this man tries hard lol

  • @martinakirke8583
    @martinakirke8583 10 лет назад

    you have no idea what women want... or you think you can revenge your ex by hating women... none of those possibilities is going to work

  • @nameisrango
    @nameisrango 2 года назад

    What, you egg

  • @minecraftserverawe
    @minecraftserverawe 10 лет назад

    FIRST

  • @lgreenberg20
    @lgreenberg20 10 лет назад

    boo.

  • @noelhudson3247
    @noelhudson3247 3 года назад

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  • @carriekaskiw4781
    @carriekaskiw4781 2 года назад

    This is a great video, but please stop mispronouncing the word "mischievous"!

  • @jennygross3588
    @jennygross3588 3 года назад

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  • @martinakirke8583
    @martinakirke8583 10 лет назад

    oh no, i don't want you to fulfill my needs, you are bitter and aggressive... but fortunately i know that everybody is different and a lot of men out there are kind, strong and loving, just like many women... be careful not to impregnate any of the dumb girls (seriously, it's better for everyone)!

  • @AlmightyDoubleHelix
    @AlmightyDoubleHelix 10 лет назад

    Romeo and Juliet was horrible, I don't care who wrote it.

  • @99freethinker
    @99freethinker 10 лет назад

    Pointless with nowadays women! You'll have a better chance with lil Wayne's rap.

  • @kooroshsadri8888
    @kooroshsadri8888 3 года назад

    The worst TED ED video?