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31 Jan 2007, 7:03 pm

So I'm taking a class on Shakespeare right now and, next to my abnormal psychology class, it's the absolute best.

Any other Aspies out there fans of the Bard?

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31 Jan 2007, 8:29 pm

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01 Feb 2007, 4:42 am

I love s'peare!

but only when it is done well. Too many people perform it like its a museum piece.

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01 Feb 2007, 11:51 am

Yes... Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet... I enjoy most of them, even though some of the characters can be incredibly stupid and immature.

Still, it is good for a laugh, whether it is at the book or at the people who don't understand what's going on!

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02 Feb 2007, 4:58 pm

In school we read Romeo And Juliet, And I didn't like it so much. I love his themes though. They are so classic. I LOVE the words that he writes they are sooo wonderful. I wish people talked like that in real life!

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02 Feb 2007, 11:53 pm

cecilfienkelstien wrote:

Firstly, if people talked like the characters in Shakespeare did in every day life, no one would understand what everyone else is trying to say. There are few people who can speak and understand that particular style of English, especially among those who are either younger or untrained.

Secondly, the thing with Romeo and Juliet is that the characters are incredibly immature. It is amusing for amusment's sake, but the characters make stupid choices and the whole play is a bit melodramatic.

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03 Feb 2007, 2:55 am

I appreciate Shakespeare. I like watching the movies based on his plays too. I just recently saw Othello, which was pretty good.

Romeo and Juliet had me laughing even though it was supposed to be a tragedy. :roll:

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03 Feb 2007, 8:03 am

I really like Shakespeare, but I do think his work is meant to be seen, or at the very least read aloud. Among my favourites would be Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Richard III and Henry V.

I also have a tendency to quote Shakespeare at length when stressed out/when intoxicated.

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07 Feb 2007, 6:07 am

I like Macbeth and the Taming of the Shrew

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10 Feb 2007, 7:38 pm

Anyone else notice a resemblence between "The Tempest" and "Forbidden Planet?"

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11 Feb 2007, 5:30 pm

I love Julius Caesar, but can't stand his love tragedies in his other plays.

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11 Feb 2007, 6:04 pm

I really enjoy seeing Shakespeare preformed but I find reading him to be pretty tedious most of the time. Under the hands of a good director, his work can really shine. My school is producing Taming of the Shrew this semester and I am very much looking forward to working on it and seeing it.

I preformed some Shakespeare in high school and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I played Casca in Julius Caesar (he has some great monologues and cliches like "It was all greek to me.") when I was a Junior. For a summer Shakespeare festival, we put on the first scene of King Lear in which I played Lear. However, now that I am in college, I don't nearly measure up to the other actors so I stick to doing tech.

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12 Feb 2007, 1:51 pm

Yes I love Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, etc.).

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