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Shakespeare's language is English, and if you can read this answer then you must be able to read English.So, tell me, what does "quiet" mean in English? I'm waiting . . . this shouldn't be hard now ....
"Loins" means thighs. When Shakespeare uses it, it is like scissors and trousers: it is always plural. (Whoever heard of a scissor or a trouser?) Also when Shakespeare uses it, it is rarely literal....
Shrift is the noun form of the verb to shrive, which means to be forgiven. In Shakespeare, it refers exclusively to the sacrament of confession in Catholicism. Thus when Hamlet fakes the...
Hither is one of a set of three adverbs which are all about directionality. They correspond to three words which are about location: where, here and there. If an object is located near the speaker,...