THEY BORE ME TO DEATH! Tell me something different, something I don't know about THEM and I might change my mind. I'm not being ignorant, I am being honest. Something a lot more of us should do. Thank You!
2006-06-13 12:46:54 · 10 answers · asked by snowy dragon 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
please tell me your joking. well i guess your not.
i'll focus on shakespeare.
he was an amazing playwriter, you may not think that now (or ever for that matter) but he is if you get really imersed into his books. how to do that. pick up Romeo and Juliet, Much Adu About Nothing, or Midsummer's Night Dream. close the door to your room and read till your done. if by the end you arn't interested, well maybe Shakespeare isn't right for you at your age or otherwise. i happen to love, understand (that MIGHT be why you arn't to fasinated about his works), and endear his writings. best of luck to you and i'm glad you are being honest (which more people need to do these days, as you said)
2006-06-13 13:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by wherevertheanswerlies 3 · 11⤊ 1⤋
I've never read Rory Emerald, but I LOVE William Shakespeare and Louisa May Alcott (from the point of the view of a reader). Their stories are so interesting, their characters are SO human (especially Shakespeare).
Not everybody can get into everything, but if you can try to put yourseld into one of the characters positions and try to understand why they were written as they were, maybe it would get more interesting.
2006-06-13 19:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by di12381 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Shakespeare wrote in excruciating detail mankind's manipulations, duplicity and oddness. There is not one single unique behavior today that Shakespeare hadn't recorded all those years ago.
If you really understand Shakespeare (which many average minds cannot) you learn a tremendous amount with regard to human behavior. If you have the sense to use it as a warning, you are much wiser in dealing with fellow human beings.
In other words, Shakespeare laid out the human condition for us in writing. It's up to us to learn from it or ignore it. If you want the answers to some of life's most challenging questions, read and understand Shakespeare.
2006-06-13 19:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by ocean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, the language may be hard to understand to the untrained eye, so as you read it, it seems like a jumble of words. Of no meaning. But, as you re-read it, and try to understand you unlock something. A feeling indescribable. You have an : AHAH moment. The talent of these writers is that they are able to write down your feelings and their feelings on paper.
Ask yourself this. If you had to write about a feeling of loss or sadness. A poem or a story. Would you find it easy to write and be deep. To gather your thoughts and arrange them together to form the deepness and meaning of the words.
Writers are like musicians. Having the sound in their heads, gathering notes, arrange it in such a way to gather the interest of the listener. It takes skill and mastery, and these authors had the power to write what they thought.
But many people have different interests, and it's how you feel about the writing. So if Shakespeare doesn't interest you, don't worry about it! You'll find other writers that'll be intriguing and I gather that you already have. It's how you take it, and how you feel is right.
2006-06-13 20:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by ♠♠♠ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare wrote great plays--but no one should have to read them--plays are meant to be watched, not read. Louisa May Alcott was also a great writer.
Whoever this Rory Emerald is--I keep seeing his name everywhere--who the he!! is he? I do not have a clue.
2006-06-13 19:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by Terri C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because they bore you to death doesn't mean that people are obligated to turn your head and make you love the authors above. If you don't like them, then you don't. They're just not your thing.
I used to hate Shakespeare when I was in high school, but since I've started working I read The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice on my own and funny as it may sound, I loved them!
It all depends on you and what you find entertaining.
2006-06-13 19:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can't speak for the last 2, but it depends which Shakespeare you are reading...Hamlet and Macbeth can be a lot more interesting than say...the Tempest. And, he managed to write a lot of plays, all with different plots. Heck, back when he was around, the ability to write wasn't all that wide spread, but to write stories that entertained both groundlings and kings is an entirely new level.
2006-06-13 19:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't talk about Rory or Louisa, but Shakespeare is unique in the way he was able to transform emotions not only into words but into a poem.
A good work is always one that tells you something about yourself that you did not know before.
2006-06-13 19:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by RG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you something you Do know about them. Two are famous writers. You made up "roy emerald" he's a hoax that you and your friends perpetrate around here. You're not being ignorant - you're being dishonest. but you are right. Alot more of us should start being honest - say - you and your cohorts. This guy gives away best answers to his fellow hoaxers. Look at his answers history and you'll see that I'm telling the truth. Something this fraud doesn't know how to do.http://archive.dailyitem.com/archive/2005/0921/fea/stories/02fea.htm
2006-06-13 22:02:00 · answer #9 · answered by DR. HARPOâ⢠5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am with you. What is the point of entertainment if it isn't entertaining anyway?
2006-06-13 19:50:23 · answer #10 · answered by Mys T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋