Shakespeare' As You Like It: Effective Use Of Sound In Jaques' Speech

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to gain attention before the show starts.

The first three stages can be considered the childhood progressing into
adulthood stages. “Mewling and puking...” (2.7.144), are two words, which when
said, they are slurred and unclear, much like that of the speech of an infant.
The ‘ew' in mewling and the ‘you' sound in puking are common noises from young
children. Next we reach the schoolboy stage. Young men are often reluctant to
attend school, and their protests take the form of “...whining...” (2.7.145).
When the word whining is pronounced, it sounds like a whine. The word starts
with a dragged out ‘why' sound, making the reader again feel like they are
making the sounds which are pertinent to that age. Words associated with lovers
are soft and flowing, much like those used by Shakespeare in the prose of this
age. “Sighing like furnace, with woeful ballad” (2.7.148), depict more emotion
than seen within the prior two stages. When sighing is pronounced, it takes the
form ...

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