Had an Exam today.
T'was on the works of the man affectionately called The Bard aka William Shakespeare.
Methinks stressing over the passage identification questions that made up the first section of the exam I'was all for nought.
I ended up being able to write up something substantial for 10 out of the 11 passages.
My brain froze on #6. That passage might have been from Twelfth Night.
What did I learn. I actually quite like some of Shakespeare's comedies that we covered.
In particular, Midsummer's Night's Dream, As You Like It.
Aren't the comedic duo of Oberon & Puck just the best thing EVER!!!!
I hated Twelfth Night the first time I read it.
just one semester prior to this one just finished.
I somewhat like it now. Funny how that happens. Viola is endearing to me now
I've added Richard III onto my list of Shakespeare plays that I love.
He had so much justification for being so horrendously evil to his family
Should I be concerned for myself that I somewhat agree with Richard
I really understood why he's such an excellent example from English Literature to apply to Disability Theory discussion and criticism.
It now stands proudly alongside Othello and A Midsummer Night's Dream in my top 3
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a new favorite too.
When I was supposed to have read it in high school, we started with a Sub on short contract
Our regular teacher came back after getting laser eye surgery and decided to drop it from our curriculum.
The Tempest is pretty damn cool too. Sir John Falstaff in Henry 4 plays is quite an interesting character too. So is Prince Henry/Hal in the same plays.
I think that I'd actually put Antony and Cleopatra as my #4 favorite Shakespeare play.
That's a new one for me too.
This class has made me have a collected Shakespeare tome known as the Riverside Shakespeare Second Edition.
I love that I have the entire known works of Shakespeare in one FREAKIN LARGE RED & BEIGE BRICK
General question time.
What are some of your favorite Shakespeare works? No saying that you dislike Shakespeare. In all likelihood, you just didn't give yourself enough time to get used to the old english style language.
If you want some really hard to read older English in comparison to modern day variants, I'd suggest reading some Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer aka author of the Canterbury Tales. That stuff is hard to read. I'm sure that you could desensitize yourself to it. I don't really want to learn to love Chaucer. I'm ok somewhat hating his writing. Beowulf was an easier read and that's even older than Canterbury tales. The suggestion of Chaucer sounds like an evil punishment to me.
I'm throwin up a pic below of the collected Shakespeare tome I was working from.
No matter how much fun you had doing it, try to avoid getting "Deform'd" everybody. You don't want your presence to suggest that evil is present. hah hah
I would have to say that my favorite Shakespeare play is either King Lear or Othello. I think King Lear is a better play to read, but Othello may be a better play to watch. Iago is probably my favorite Shakespeare character. 19 years ago I got to watch Christopher Walken perform as Iago during a "Shakesspeare in the Park" performance ( For a few weeks each summer in New York City, there are free Shakespeare performances in Central Park ). As you might imagine, his interpretation of Iago was unique and quite entertaining.
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