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In reply to the discussion: 5 Reasons Why Shakespeare Should Not Be Required in Schools [View all]
GreatGazoo
(4,634 posts)56. Bach is perfect
But this is incomprehensible as Ben Jonson noted 403 years ago:
When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you.
And, to be more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both:
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now
Does unmake you.
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Shakespeare's themes are timeless. Unless this is an April Fool's prank, I find it ridiculous.
hlthe2b
Wednesday
#1
What total BS. Just like all but claiming the UK has no tanks but only royal horses
hlthe2b
Wednesday
#7
Once again, you have NOT read (or at least comprehended) my posts that do counter you.
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#39
I note your earlier post is asserting UK has 501 royal horses & only 334 tanks. (eyeroll)
hlthe2b
Wednesday
#5
Nix on "Streetcar". Never understood why that piece of crap is considered art.
eppur_se_muova
Wednesday
#6
Exactly! Throw some deeply damaged, disturbed individuals together to see how, and how much, they can damage each other.
eppur_se_muova
57 min ago
#97
When I was in seventh grade, I read through all of the Shakespeare comedies. I loved them.
Walleye
Wednesday
#10
All the titles from 6, except the angry men were studied between jr high and high school
questionseverything
5 hrs ago
#78
I love the King James Version of the Bible. My father's Masonic Bible is a treasure I handed down to my son.
CTyankee
Yesterday
#42
Love Shakespeare. Always have, since first reading his plays in 6th grade. Years ago, two
highplainsdem
Wednesday
#17
Shakespeare has never been taught as "proper grammar." That notion is silly.
Coventina
Yesterday
#49
We can't know what the author intended because they were deceased when The Tempest
GreatGazoo
14 hrs ago
#63
This is bullshit. Maybe modern high school students could handle it just fine
Ocelot II
Yesterday
#52
I've always loved Shakespeare. I took Shakespeare in my college English Dept. and acted in Twelfth Night...
wcmagumba
Yesterday
#53
I will take Shakespeare any day over some of the other dreck we read in high school.
3catwoman3
Yesterday
#54
I found many of the 19th century English novels in secondary school canon boring
Ilikepurple
Yesterday
#57
One big problem with writing at that time is that writers were paid by length.
Coventina
Yesterday
#58
I had a hard time getting into A Tale of Two Cities and haven't revisited it as I have other 19th century novels.
Ilikepurple
3 hrs ago
#92
None of the plays you listed in number one would be here were it not for Shakespeare.
OldBaldy1701E
Yesterday
#59