Dirty Billy

"Bless you, fair shrew." - 1.3-line 44

"By my troth, i would not underake her in this company." 1.3 line 55

"It's dry, sir." 1.3 line 69

"And I hope to see a housewife take thee between he rlegs and spin it off." 1.3 Lines 96-98

"And I think I have the back-trick simply as strong as any man in Illyria." 1.3-115

"And all is semblative a woman's part." 1.4 - 34

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage." 1.5-18

"Send for money knight. If though hast her not i'th' end, call me cut." 2.3 - 175

"These be her very c's, her u's, and her t's, and thus makes she her great P's." 2.5 -83-85

Above are a strain of quotes taken from the first and second acts of Twelfth Night. As you can see William Shakespeare appears to have quite a knack for sarcastic sexual innuendos. Mr. Shakespeare is usually referred to as one of the best poets and playwrites, ever. It also gives one something to think about when discussing the role of stage plays in Renaissance England. They were thought unnecessary and some critics even said that they were subhuman activities. To a certain extent one would have to agree that the above languanged used by Shakespeare a.k.a Dirty Billy is quite repulsive. Surely a civilized human being would not want to delve out their hard earned money to listen to such defilements of the spoken language.

It's nice to see that Shakespeare's work carries on today not only in adaptations (Twelfth Night is She's the Man starring Amanda Bynes,) but also in the aspect that people only became more perverted not only in writing but in living. Perhaps if this perversion had been dealt with when Billy did it we wouldn't have the likes of Howard Stern and others disgracing the language of civilized beings.