Read Act I of the play, then go to the assignment and list at least two examples for each of the language patterns you have found in Act I. Give the scene and line number where you find each example.
1. Unusual word arrangement
I could a tale unfold (I, v)
In my mind's eye (I, ii)
It cannot come to good (I, ii)
It started like a guilty thing (I, i)
Leave her to heaven (I, v)
More honoured in the breach than the observance (I, iv)
More in sorrow than in anger (I, ii)
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be (I, iii)
Not a mouse stirring (I, i)
O my prophetic soul! (I, v)
Something is rotten in…
