Furnace Spring Texas
7 years ago
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Okay (deep breath) let me try again?
Okay, so maybe I was a little fired up when I was writing, but that doesn't mean I don't dislike the dude any more. I still hate him just as much as ever, but I am trying to understand where you are coming from. I am going to agree with you Rosie, that Shakespeare's stuff is easier to understand when in is actually performed on stage (by actual actors, NOT fifth grade students in from of their class fighting with wooden swords). And, the plot of Lear is not bad, it is the language that ruins it for me. His ideas were good (which has to count for something, I guess) it was just the way that he got them across to the readers that stinks. I don't want you to think I am some psycho "Negative Nancy" (sadly that is me the majority of the time) with my angry rants, but at the same time I don't feel the need to hold my anger inside (it's not healthy, ask Dr. Phil) and let it build up until I explode (the last post was not an explosion... not even close). Shakespeare might not have had it out for fifth graders around the world when he wrote his plays, but he did have a flaw in the way that he delivered his plots to his readers and performers (wow I sound so controlled... go me).
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So that's exactly how i was feeling. I just couldn't say it in as simple terms as you. Instead, I decided to relate it to Anchorman. Probably not the best idea. I also think that reading on our own makes it more difficult. Since we obviously aren't seeing it performed, at least we should do some of it in class. That way we can hear different voices to different parts. I think that would make wayy more sense.
~KD
Em: i think you are confusing history here. You write: "His ideas were good (which has to count for something, I guess) it was just the way that he got them across to the readers that stinks." How should he have done it--faxed it over? Emailed a plot-summary? Show a film? You need to understand that WS was (essentially) inventing a vehicle to fore-ground precisely what you talk about (language AND ideas). Again, i take your point but i am not sure you give him enough credit. And: yes the language is difficult (if not totally annoying) but the ideas sustain themselves for centuries. That CERTAINLY counts for something.
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