Anyone reading Shakespeare?
By anyablue
@anyablue (363)
United States
January 10, 2007 1:54pm CST
I am reading the Sonnets now and loving them. What are you reading by Shakespeare? Or do you hate him because you were forced to read his plays in school?
2 responses
@aquariancore (608)
• United States
10 Jan 07
I have a hard time with the sonnets. His plays have set character archetypes that are timeless and reused in one way or form by other writer's like me.
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@anyablue (363)
• United States
10 Jan 07
The sonnets are very difficult to understand. When I first started reading them I thought they were very straight forward, but they aren't. I found this website www.shakespeares-sonnets.com
Warning: this can be very dry, but it does explain every sonnet in detail.
@apostrofy (661)
• Romania
10 Jan 07
i wasn't forced to read shakespeare during school (i was studying at a science profile so reading wasn't the number 1 thing for us). but i used to read alot. i read the sonnets and some of his plays and i enjoyed them very much. and since english is not my native language i also read some of the sonnets and few of his plays in english. i was the only one in my year to be fascinated about shakespeare though.
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@anyablue (363)
• United States
10 Jan 07
I had to read Shakespeare during high school and that is how I was introduced to his work. But I didn't pay attention to my teacher and was able to enjoy his plays. I'm not sure how other countries handle teaching literature, but in the US it can be a horrible experience. Every literature teacher I had gave me another reason to hate books. But we also have freedom to ignore our teachers.
