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Inversion Worksheet

The document provides a series of lines from 'The Taming of the Shrew' that are to be rephrased from their original Shakespearean inversion into modern syntax. It also includes a task to find examples of inversion from 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' and convert them into regular syntax. The document outlines specific lines and asks for the act, scene, and line numbers for the examples of inversion.

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Inversion Worksheet

The document provides a series of lines from 'The Taming of the Shrew' that are to be rephrased from their original Shakespearean inversion into modern syntax. It also includes a task to find examples of inversion from 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' and convert them into regular syntax. The document outlines specific lines and asks for the act, scene, and line numbers for the examples of inversion.

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Name: __________________

Inversion!
De-Shakespeare these lines from The
Taming of the Shrew!

Sorry am I that our good will effects Bianca's grief.

I regret that our kindness has upset Bianca.

Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

You’re free to woo her whenever you like

Schoolmasters will I keep within my house.

I’ll hire teachers to stay in my home

For how I firmly am resolved you know:


That is, not to bestow my younger daughter
Before I have a husband for the elder.

You already know I’ve decided: I won’t marry off my younger daughter until the older one has a husband

My business asketh haste,


And every day I cannot come to woo.

My work is urgent, so I can’t come to court her every day.


Find three to five examples of Inversion in Act I, II, or III. Record the Act, Scene, and Line
[Link] Tragedy of Macbeth
Here's an example from Act I: from The Tragedy of Romeo + Juliet

Lady Montague: O where is Romeo, saw you him today?


becomes
Lady Montague:Where's Romeo? Have you seen him today?

Once you have your examples, change the inverted lines to regular syntax (as best you
can) on this sheet!
3
1. Act ______, 5
Scene ______, 1
Line ______
First witch: Why, how now, Hecate? You look angerly.
What’s the matter, Hecate? You look angry.

3
2. Act ______, Scene ______,
5 Line ______
2

Hecate: Have I not reason, beldams as you are, saucy and overbold…
Don’t I have reason, you old hags, being so saucy and bold?

IV
3. Act ______, Scene ______,
1 Line ______
1
First witch: Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed
The spotted cat has meowed three times

4. Act ______,
IV Scene ______,
1 Line ______
50
Macbeth: I conjure you by that which you profess
I command you by the powers you claim

IV
5. Act ______, 1
Scene ______, 61
Line ______
First witch: Say if th’hadst rather hear it from our mouths or from our masters’
Tell me if you’d rather hear it from us or from our masters

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