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| Author: | Shadowstorm [ January 31st, 2006, 3:32 pm ] |
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Yes..I'm terrible.. I actually REALLY like Shakespeare. I love Shakespearian language, I love the way he writes... My favourite play is A Midsummer Night's Dream! I've acted quite a few Shakespeare plays, as well as studied them.. Anyone else a fan of the Bard? Favourites? Or...do you, like many, really...just..loathe Shakespeare? 
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| Author: | MontanaBohemian [ January 31st, 2006, 7:25 pm ] |
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Well, I'm not too sure. I don't really enjoy reading Shakespeare . . . it's always such a mouthful. But the stories, the plots, what they are trying to say has always intrigued me. I loved A Midsummer Night's Dream! It's just so funny! We had to read Hamlet in my Humanities class last year, and as painful as it was, I had good times with it. Considering that my friend Larien came up with a short story based on the tiny character "Bernardo." Ha ha ha . . . oh man. And then there are the characters "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern." Which prompted a playwright to write a play called Rosencrantz and Guildentstern Are Dead (which is now a movie) which is HYSTERICAL. So, it's like a love-hate relationship with Shakespeare and myself. Ha ha ha. You love to hate him, but you can't deny his genius creativity. |
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| Author: | Eowyn Arelen [ January 31st, 2006, 10:45 pm ] |
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To tell you the truth, I cant get through the real plays, but my mom found a book that is like the NIV bible version of Shakespeare. I really enjoy them. My fav is Twelth night. It is so entertaining. Mid summer nights dream, and romeo and juliet are goo too. |
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| Author: | Antigone [ February 1st, 2006, 9:55 am ] |
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He´s okay ... But over-worded or something ... 
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| Author: | Shadowstorm [ February 1st, 2006, 1:10 pm ] |
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I'm one for overuse of words. -laughs- I'm slightly crazy like that, hm? Probably why I enjoy the language so much as well... |
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| Author: | Antigone [ February 1st, 2006, 2:17 pm ] |
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Yeah, the language rocks. Shall I compare thee to a summer´s day? thou art more temperate... Gotta be something like this. |
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| Author: | Kess [ February 1st, 2006, 2:44 pm ] |
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Its soo incredibly boring that I cannot express with words how incredibly boring it is! We are stuying Macbeth in English and I don't understand a word of it, spesh all that "Is this a dagger I see before me" stuff.  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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| Author: | Blueeyedgirl4God [ February 1st, 2006, 5:15 pm ] |
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I kinda like him. His stories are intruiguing anyway... But he's so confusing sometimes. : ) We read Romeo & Juliet last year. And we read Hamlet this year. Both of which everyone (or just about everyone) ends up dying! Quite depressing if you ask me. & of course Julius Caesar, which we read WHILE reading A Tale of Two Cities (by Dickens) now that was interesting. |
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| Author: | Shadowstorm [ February 1st, 2006, 5:23 pm ] |
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Ah, but it's always the best ones where everyone ends up dying! -laughs- Apparently, that's the high point. I always liked Romeo and Juliet. I'm a terrible romantic, I enjoyed the concept of the the story. That, and I gor to write a gorgeous piece because of it, about Starcrossed Lovers. I was PROUD of that piece, oh yes. -nodnod- But, if anyone's studying these plays and wants some extra notes, I've got a massive set of notes on R&J, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night's Dream... always helpful to have reference to lots of sets of notes. Trust me, it helps to understand them! |
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| Author: | MontanaBohemian [ February 1st, 2006, 7:21 pm ] |
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Blueeyedgirl4God wrote: I kinda like him. His stories are intruiguing anyway...
But he's so confusing sometimes. : ) We read Romeo & Juliet last year. And we read Hamlet this year. Both of which everyone (or just about everyone) ends up dying! Quite depressing if you ask me. & of course Julius Caesar, which we read WHILE reading A Tale of Two Cities (by Dickens) now that was interesting. I forgot about Julius Ceaser. I enjoyed that. It was a really interesting piece. I don't enjoy reading Shakespeare to myself (either for pleasure or class). I just can't sit down and read it. What I find that helps me understand, is to read aloud especially with friends. I think if you speak the language you start to understand. Because that's what it was made for: performance. And it's really fun, because you can get really into it. I know, last year we read Paradise Lost by Milton and if you think Shakespeare is a mouthful . . . you'd die reading that. But I read it aloud and it just flows . . . and I did the same thing with Hamlet. When we read Romeo and Juliet (freshman year) and Julius Ceaser (sophmore year) we read aloud in class and sometimes performed. And I really think that helps . . . maybe I'm the only one who walks around with those kinds of books reading aloud. Trust me I'm still doing it in college reading The Republic by Plato. |
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| Author: | Sidawethiel [ February 1st, 2006, 8:14 pm ] |
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I agree! It really does help acting Shakespeare....I remember when we did Romeo and Juliet..It was fun...I was a member of Romeo's family  The one who's name starts with a T...haha...such a good memory I have....Anyways...Shakespeare is cool, I share his birthday...So that's my relationship with Shakespeare..
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| Author: | Bellethiel [ February 1st, 2006, 8:21 pm ] |
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I find Shakespeare intriguing  I've read several for school:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (actually did the play) Julius Caesar (also did the play) Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice and it seems like I've read one or two others... I think my favorite was either Julius Caesar or Merchant of Venice. *sigh* I love words. |
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| Author: | Kess [ February 2nd, 2006, 7:07 am ] |
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You have notes on Macbeth?? Could I use them? I don't understand a word of it! |
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| Author: | Aveline [ February 3rd, 2006, 8:10 am ] |
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The great Shakespeare is actually the best play writer and poet in our history!!! I'm really fond of him and I've read all his plays and Sonnets. Since 3 years I study his plays in the university (Midsummer night's dream, comedy of errors, hamlet, as you like it, Twelfth night, tempest....) If someone needs help to understand a play, I can help! If you don't like to read the plays you can watch them in films made by the BBC. They are not really entertaining but the actors are quite good. |
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| Author: | Elanor [ February 3rd, 2006, 10:41 am ] |
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I've studied the plays: Julius Caesar Macbeth Hamlet (twice) Much Ado About Nothing Othello Cymbeline I've also seen Romeo and Juliet on stage and the film of it. Plus the films of a few of the other plays that I've studied. I find them quite hard to read but once I know the story I love seeing them performed. My favourites were Much Ado About Nothing and Julius Caesar. |
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| Author: | Aveline [ February 3rd, 2006, 11:09 am ] |
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I'm studying Much Ado and I can say it's one of my favorite plays! the opposition between the two couples of lovers Hero/Claudio and Beatrice/Benedick is really well written. In the same genre there is Love's Labours lost which is also a good play. |
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