.:HSTuners::

GT40FIED · 06-30-2005, 01:55 AM

I've never been much of a reader, but my general lit. class is starting to remind me that i sort of like reading Shakespeare. Sure, it's hard to understand and he never just comes right out and says shit...but maybe the challenge is half the fun. We're stuck reading Hamlet as opposed to the infinitely better Titus Andronicus (better solely by the fact that everyone gets their shit fucked up), but I'm considering speaking only in middle english from now on. So does anyone else share my quirk? I'm not about to go see "Shakespeare in the park", but reading it every now and then seems good for me. Just so long as I never have to read Beowulf again. Longest...poem...ever.

ebpda9 · 06-30-2005, 03:28 AM

i like corky bell better

GT40FIED · 06-30-2005, 04:45 AM

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Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i like corky bell better

This is true...but he only wrote one book that I'm aware of. Then again...the one book he did write is a bible for forced induction.

Mischief · 06-30-2005, 08:20 AM

I like Hugh Heffner better.

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-30-2005, 10:49 AM

Beowulf... im glad thats never going to show up in front of my again.

Leets · 06-30-2005, 11:13 AM

Shakespeare's good for you. It forces you to use your brain... which is an act that seems a lil too difficult for the vast majority of people on this planet. Exercising thought actually DOES make you one in a million.

AkimboStylee · 07-01-2005, 07:51 AM

beowulf wasn't shakespeare i believe. macbeth was completely amazing

GT40FIED · 07-01-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by AkimboStylee
beowulf wasn't shakespeare i believe. macbeth was completely amazing

You're right. Beowulf was written in 1100BC...way before Shakespeare, but they're both usually taught in the same class. If you like Macbeth, try and find a copy of a movie called "Scotland, PA". It's the same story turned into a dark comedy and set at a hamburger stand in 1975. For my money, it's hard to beat Titus Andronicus simply because is so fucking violent.

silver · 07-01-2005, 11:59 AM

did you get into his sonnets yet?

they are genius but definitely a little homo erotic, or he thinks he's a woman.

i always liked john donne more in terms of english writers.

GT40FIED · 07-01-2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by silver
did you get into his sonnets yet?

they are genius but definitely a little homo erotic, or he thinks he's a woman.

i always liked john donne more in terms of english writers.

Nah...it's just a 4 week summer class. There is, however, a 600 level class we can take here on Shakespeare. Apparently the teacher is really cool. He's been teaching the class for something like 35 years and has been known to get up on his desk and recite stuff from memory.

Leets · 07-01-2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by silver
they are genius but definitely a little homo erotic, or he thinks he's a woman.

Dare I bring up the debate over whether or not Shakespeare actually existed... or if "he" was actually someone else of notoriety?

AkimboStylee · 07-01-2005, 02:28 PM

shakespeare was before his time

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did you get into his sonnets yet?

they are genius but definitely a little homo erotic, or he thinks he's a woman.

thats because they we all written as plays, and the only people that were allowed as actors were male, so rmoe and juliet were played by 2 guys

mylittlecivic · 07-01-2005, 10:02 PM

I read it, reading the merchant of venice right now. Shakesphere always has some lesson of truths in his works and I like that.

silver · 07-03-2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally posted by AkimboStylee
shakespeare was before his time

thats because they we all written as plays, and the only people that were allowed as actors were male, so rmoe and juliet were played by 2 guys

umm...no....

his sonnets were not plays, a sonnet is a 13 line piece that he would write in iambic pentameter. though his plays were written with the same form most of the time the fact that males were used as actors has nothing to do with the content of his work. the sonnets are broken into 4 separate parts if i remember correctly and i'm referring to the 3rd part of the composition.

Leets · 07-03-2005, 05:08 PM

<--- Knows not to argue literature or English with Silver

... good luck to anyone who dares make that mistake.

06-30-2005, 01:55 AM	#1
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