"All of Shakespeare's stuff is very depressing..." RUBBISH! All of his TRAGEDIES are very depressing 'cause they're, you know, TRAGIC. His COMEDIES, on the other hand, are HILARIOUS. Like MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, which I think is my favourite Shakespeare. :D And his SONNETS are beautiful. In fact, that's the real point of Shakespeare; its sheer beauty. Perhaps you don't get it but... didn't "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like some rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear Beauty to rich for use, for earth too dear.." move you? I love those lines. And then think about Shakespeare's amazing influence on the English language. A dove trouping with crows, that which we call a rose, it's all Greek to me and SO SO SO many more- all those phrases we use in day to day language. And some of the most amazing speeches, like Shylock's "to bait fish, withal" speech from Merchant of Venice: “I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal’d by the same means, warm’d and cool’d by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
And there's more.
I guess what I'm saying is, I approve of the flowery words; I think they're beautiful and expressive. Maybe you need to actually watch the plays instead of studying them. :D
And as for funny- "I shall cut off their heads!" "Their heads, or their maidenheads?" "Both!" >.< I had to explain that pun to my class when I was thriteen. I wouldn't mind now, but it's morfitying for a thirteen-year-old... :o
"Do you bite your thumb at me?" "I do not bite my thumb at you, sir- but I do bite my thumb, sir!"
I cede to your Shakespearian (OMG, SP!?) superiority. PLEASE DON'T HURT ME. ;D
I probably should get more exposed to this stuff. Alas! I've never really felt much interest in it. :( But for you — and only you, mind — I will endeavor to connect with Shakepeare whenever I get the chance. I WILL BE CULTURED! I WILL! I WILL!
"Do you bite your thumb at me?" "I do not bite my thumb at you, sir- but I do bite my thumb, sir!"
I love that line. Sometimes when my sister ticks me off I glare at her and stick my thumb between my teeth. Her expression? = PRICELESS. (And I am totally telling the truth, too!)
And the whole maidenhead thing? Yeah, that'd be kinda scarifying. xD
I WOULD SO NEVER HURT YOU, EVEN FOR SHAKESPEARE. XD I will do my best to expose you to it at every opportunity, though... >:)
yes. That is SUCH a great line. I use it on my siblings ALL THE TIME ahahaha. Only my motehr gets it, though, which is kidna tragic.. :p
It was. o.O And my best friend, who was in another class, had to do the same thing. Are English teachers sadistic creatures or not? (or not, probably, as I happen to love Mrs Campion. OTOH, we're not doing poetry this year, so I'm totally mad at her about that.)
THANK YOU!
Date: 2004-09-24 03:56 am (UTC)"All of Shakespeare's stuff is very depressing..."
RUBBISH! All of his TRAGEDIES are very depressing 'cause they're, you know, TRAGIC. His COMEDIES, on the other hand, are HILARIOUS. Like MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, which I think is my favourite Shakespeare. :D And his SONNETS are beautiful. In fact, that's the real point of Shakespeare; its sheer beauty. Perhaps you don't get it but... didn't "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
like some rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear
Beauty to rich for use, for earth too dear.."
move you? I love those lines. And then think about Shakespeare's amazing influence on the English language. A dove trouping with crows, that which we call a rose, it's all Greek to me and SO SO SO many more- all those phrases we use in day to day language. And some of the most amazing speeches, like Shylock's "to bait fish, withal" speech from Merchant of Venice:
“I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal’d by the same means, warm’d and cool’d by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
And there's more.
I guess what I'm saying is, I approve of the flowery words; I think they're beautiful and expressive. Maybe you need to actually watch the plays instead of studying them. :D
And as for funny-
"I shall cut off their heads!"
"Their heads, or their maidenheads?"
"Both!"
>.< I had to explain that pun to my class when I was thriteen. I wouldn't mind now, but it's morfitying for a thirteen-year-old... :o
"Do you bite your thumb at me?"
"I do not bite my thumb at you, sir- but I do bite my thumb, sir!"
IT IS NOT A PROBLEM!
Date: 2004-09-24 05:03 am (UTC)I cede to your Shakespearian (OMG, SP!?) superiority. PLEASE DON'T HURT ME. ;D
I probably should get more exposed to this stuff. Alas! I've never really felt much interest in it. :( But for you — and only you, mind — I will endeavor to connect with Shakepeare whenever I get the chance. I WILL BE CULTURED! I WILL! I WILL!
"Do you bite your thumb at me?"
"I do not bite my thumb at you, sir- but I do bite my thumb, sir!"
I love that line. Sometimes when my sister ticks me off I glare at her and stick my thumb between my teeth. Her expression? = PRICELESS. (And I am totally telling the truth, too!)
And the whole maidenhead thing? Yeah, that'd be kinda scarifying. xD
<3!
Date: 2004-09-24 06:19 am (UTC)I WOULD SO NEVER HURT YOU, EVEN FOR SHAKESPEARE. XD I will do my best to expose you to it at every opportunity, though... >:)
yes. That is SUCH a great line. I use it on my siblings ALL THE TIME ahahaha. Only my motehr gets it, though, which is kidna tragic.. :p
It was. o.O And my best friend, who was in another class, had to do the same thing. Are English teachers sadistic creatures or not? (or not, probably, as I happen to love Mrs Campion. OTOH, we're not doing poetry this year, so I'm totally mad at her about that.)