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Shall I compare 'Thee' to the more formal 'You' - Shakespeare's use of the second person.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Mar2022 (Volume) 95
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject English literature
Page 42 - 44
Authors Smith, Peter
Contents

The author explores the shades of meaning in the use of the second person in four plays - The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, The Tempest and Macbeth.

Keywords
Elizabethan plays     Language     William Shakespeare