🎭 I'll wear my heart on my sleeve - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

84,705 views ・ 2016-05-27

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It was a sunny day.
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William Shakespeare's daughter and Bess the barmaid are at the fair.
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Lalalalala
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You're very happy today aren't you my duck?
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Oh Bess, I'm in love!
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You're not still after that Robert Harley are you?
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Nooooo!
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It's Henry Bull.
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He's wonderful: handsome and brave
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and he loves me too - but Bess, father mustn't find out.
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Henry hasn't got any money.
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Father wouldn't approve.
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Well my duck, you need to hide your feelings better then!
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You're wearing your heart upon your sleeve;
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the whole world can see how you feel!
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Oh! Hello Mr Will!
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Father!
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Good afternoon Bess; Daughter... and what are you two gossiping about?
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Who's wearing their heart upon their sleeve?
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We were ...err... discussing that evil Iago, in your play Othello.
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He wears his heart upon his sleeve, doesn't he Mr Will?
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Ah, yes, Othello, my tragedy.
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A very good topic for discussion.
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Iago says: I will wear my heart upon my sleeve...
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I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at.
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I am not what I am.
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But, even though Iago talks about wearing his heart on his sleeve he doesn't actually
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intend to do it.
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Iago never reveals his true feelings, except perhaps to the audience, and even they cannot
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fully trust him!
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Well, showing your true feelings certainly can lead to trouble.
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What feelings does Iago hide, father?
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Is he in love?
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No: quite the opposite.
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Iago pretends to be loyal to Othello so that he can destroy him!
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That's why he says: I am not what I am.
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We'll leave them there for now.
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I wear my heart on my sleeve. If I'm in a mood, my mood shows.
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When I told him I loved him, he broke up with me.
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I'll never wear my heart on my sleeve again.
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Now, dear daughter, who is this young man who's made you so cheerful?
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Oh, errr... nobody.
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Nobody, daughter?
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Didn't I tell you not to wear your heart on your sleeve?!
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Oh dear.
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To wear, or not to wear: that is the question.
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