Task 3 Developing a sensitivity to tone and register Register in plays Characteristics of Everyday Usage, both in Use in the Elizabethan and Modern language as the 16th and 17th Jacobean Dramatic Context: identified by Professor century and now using as an ‘Othello’ Martin Joos example Frozen The words stay the Prescribed and highly The Commission the Senate same. Examples: the formal official language, give to Othello: Lord’s Prayer, The such as Military opening phrases in council Pledge of Allegiance Commissions, Court meeting Judgements and Sentences: Prayers, Almost always in blank verse Incantations, Blessings, in Drama Curses: any prescribed formula of words (such as a police caution, or a court oath).
Task 3 Developing a sensitivity to tone and register Register in plays Characteristics of Modern language as identified by Professor Martin Joos Everyday Usage, both in the 16th and 17th century and now Use in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Dramatic Context: using ‘Othello’ as an example Frozen The words stay the same. Examples: the Lord’s Prayer, The Pledge of Allegiance Prescribed and highly formal official language, such as Military Commissions, Court Judgements and Sentences: Prayers, Incantations, Blessings, Curses: any prescribed formula of words (such as a police caution, or a court oath). The Commission the Senate give to Othello: opening phrases in council meeting Almost always in blank verse in Drama