Exercises to personal deixis

Look at the following deictic expressions in bold type and take the context in which they were uttered into account. Click therefore on the particular scene to watch a film passage or read a text extract. Click on the right answer.

a) All´s Well That Ends Well, Act V, Scene 3

anaphoric use
deictic gestural use
irony

b) Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 2

Royal We
exclusive we
inclusive we

c) MacBeth, Act I, Scene 3

one addressee
two or more addressees
non-deictic use

d) King Lear, Act I, Scene 1

Royal We
exclusive we
inclusive we

e) The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 1

one addressee
two or more addressees
non-deictic use