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They're all idiots. The court laughs at Pyramus and Thisbe, the faeries laugh at the court, and we laugh at everyone. So everyone's stupid. That's almost a direct quote from my professor, too. I'm working on As You Like It right now.
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11-03-2004, 03:53 PM | #43 |
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It's a pretty brave writer who thinks he can improve on Shakespeare
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11-03-2004, 06:41 PM | #44 |
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Perhaps... and yet, in a sense - doesn't that just seem like the kind of thing likely to only come from the imagination of a child?
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Starting on Twelfth Night - funny!
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11-04-2004, 12:46 AM | #46 |
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Everyone thinks they can improve on Shakespeare. Only a few have the hubris to publish it
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11-04-2004, 01:33 AM | #47 |
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I've finished As You Like It. Now I've just got to figure out why Rosalind succeeded when Juliet (of Romeo and Juliet) failed. Before tomorrow. When I have to write an essay on it.
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In terms of character, because Roz relies on herself and Juliet relies on the Friar and the Nurse. Rosalind organizes her entire relationship/marriage on her own (in her role as "Ganymede") while Juliet just sits at home hoping it will work out.
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Just came back from near-catatonia in the Widener stacks here at Harvard. Shelveses and shelveses of Shhhhhhhhhakesssssssssspeare, precious... *gollum*
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11-04-2004, 04:48 PM | #51 |
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I know how you feel. I went to the Bodleian Library in Oxford for the first time today *drools*
(*stops drooling because it gets you kicked out of the library*)
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11-04-2004, 05:14 PM | #52 |
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EXACTLY!! *passes out in anticipation of spending time "studying"*
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11-09-2004, 01:28 AM | #54 |
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Good point. Get a grade?
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11-09-2004, 01:33 AM | #55 |
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Hey Shakespeareans. I love Shakespeare. In my Shakespeare class in high school I won a prize for being the Most Obsessed With Shakespeare. It was a Shakespeare trivia game which is not very good. I don't think anyone would actually play it. Some of the trivia is interesting though. In skits I played a schizophrenic grave digger and a creepy Caliban. I've been told I read iambic pentameter well. That's something, I guess. I'm not a good physical actress though.
In my Shakespeare class at college I directed, costume and set-designed, and played Pyramus in a little skit version of Pyramus and Thisbe. Weird thing: my professor was actually named William O. Shakespeare! Of course if you were named that you'd have to be an English professor! His son is also named William and is an actor. Sadly, the professor was very ugly and had a boring, monotonous voice. But he did know his Shakespeare. (I hope he never reads this...) I have read all the comedies, several of the tragedies, and a few of the histories. Also several sonnets. My favorites in order of favoritism: Twelfth Night, King Lear, the Tempest, Much Ado, Midsummer, Hamlet, and R&J. I think King Lear is an underappreciated play. I love Edgar. If Edgar was real I would marry him. Plays I hate: All's Well That Ends Well. It doesn't end well and it's disgusting. Prove me wrong. Um, I hate parts of Hamlet and R&J, but not the whole thing. There are other plays that I don't exactly like, but I don't remember hating them. ::waves to Fat Middle:: Hey there! Shakespeare's cool. |
11-09-2004, 01:50 AM | #56 |
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Umm...defending All's Well... um, that's HARD... Well, Helena gets what she wants, yes? That's about it. Not a happy play.
Lear is a very good play, but I'd hardly say "unappreciated" - I've read several critics who call it on a par with the Bible as one of the most important works of literature ever... Oh, and hi! Welcome! Great to have another Shakespeare/Tolkien nut to talk to
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11-09-2004, 03:12 AM | #57 |
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Erm... check her sign-up date... she's an 'oldbie'. So ... uh... welcome back person I've only ever seen in the archives!
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Oldbie noted. Number of posts also noted.
However, I guess that means Welcome... back.
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In fact he joined the moot before me. October or november 1999, I think. *waves to Elanor* Hi again. It seems you found your way to the thread
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