The term Elizabethan English, the type of English used at the time Shakespeare wrote, comes from the fact that Queen Elizabeth I also ruled at that time period (late 1500s to early 1600s). This version of English is typified by the use of thee and thou, st at the end of verbs, art for are, wherefore, thither and hither, etc. (You may also notice that the King James version of the Bible, the first version of the Bible written in English and where most modern American Bibles are adapted from, also uses Elizabethan English because it was published 1611, the same time that Shakespeare wrote). Once you get used to the language, it is not too difficult to understand. In order to help you work with the language and get used to it, please complete the following assignment.

Go through the first two acts of Twelfth Night and find at least 25 words that seem typical of Elizabethan English. Write down each of these words and what you think each word means.