Classics Without All the Class discussion

I'm reading The Tempest and, though it's clever and metaphorical and all that, I'm finding the insults are my favourite bits. "Freckled whelp hag-born!" or "You are as leaky as an unstanched wench" or "Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike" or "Thou debosh'ed fish, thou!" - I could go on. Anybody else finding any good insults in any of the other plays?

And I just came across this ... Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

Martin wrote: "I'm reading The Tempest and, though it's clever and metaphorical and all that, I'm finding the insults are my favourite bits. "Freckled whelp hag-born!" or "You are as leaky as an unstanched wench"..."

Hahaha. How funny. I just found a list of these as well and was planning on sharing a few on the podcast. He really was a creative curser!

Martin wrote: "I'm reading The Tempest and, though it's clever and metaphorical and all that, I'm finding the insults are my favourite bits. "Freckled whelp hag-born!" or "You are as leaky as an unstanched wench"..."

I own this book and it's hilarious! I use the insults on my friends and they are like huh? Haha

“A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!”

Ah, gotta love the Bard!