I'm thinking about reading some of William Shakespeare's writings. From your experience, what have Shakespeare given you?
Many people tell me that there are 'many' underlining points behind his words, what are your thoughts. By reading Shakespeare, what will I get from it?
2006-09-08 20:26:17 · 10 answers · asked by Inquisit 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
iambic pentameter, for one.... (the way in which he wrote, it has a poetic/sonnet rythum. very beatiful
as for motives behind the words and what to take away from them... you need to keep in mind that you've probably read, heard, or seen every one of his stories already. THey've been copied and reproduced so many times in so many ways. O is a move based on Othello, takes place in modern time. The Lion King, is loosely based on Hamlet, and Ten things I hate about you is a modern version of The Taming of the Shrew.
So think about what you've learned or taken away from those types of movies, and that might give you an idea as to wether or not you'd like shakespere.
If you're wondering what to read first, let me make some suggestion:
Start with his poems or sonnets. Its unbelievable how much presence and emotion he put into such few lines.
As for a story, start with Mid-Summer Nights Dream. Its 'easier' to read, and its shorter. Plus its a comedy, so its more fun.
Once you're used to the writing, you can move up to the harder, longer drama's that he wrote. Julies Ceaser is good, Hamlet, Othello, Richard 3rd, and of course Romeo and Juliet
This is just how I would do it, if I had to do it over again, knowing what I know now.
Here's some links to get you started. I gave you mostly the links to poems and sonnets, but if you take that off the end of the address, you'll get the basic shakepeare site, and that should give you more info as well!
Have fun, hes an amazing writer once you get into it!
2006-09-08 20:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by MRose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I studied Shakespeare at Oxford so I'll take a crack at this.
All of Shakespeare's works are multilayered and complex. The "points" run the gamut from questions of honor, loyalty and family, the nature of theatre and how it reflects life, gender relations, the nature of man's existence and other metaphysical questions, etc, etc. You name it, Shakespeare's thought about it.
In Macbeth, for example, the essential questions revolves around free will, fate and madness. Are Macbeth's actions predestined, or does he make his own fate? Does he imagine the dagger before him, or is it a creation of the witches? There are innumerable questions and the further you delve into the Bard, the more you'll discover is yet to be learned.
2006-09-08 20:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by Max 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
surely. little ones can understand Shakespeare and carry out it, too. Shakespeare has been so extremely influential in western theatre that to pass over the prospect to demonstrate little ones to Shakespeare would be very almost criminal. many human beings won't have added educational possibilities previous extreme college and reading Shakespeare is additionally between the few possibilities for them to be uncovered to formerly varieties of English. whether, being uncovered is significant, yet whether or no longer they "learn" it, isn't considered necessary.
2016-09-30 12:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found some of his writings to seem to have been written before his time or should I say that the situations he was writing about could had easily taken place in this present day. In the story of Macbeth,it covers betrayal,lies and murder,what motive do you usually find behind a lot of today's top storylines but the same elements as mentioned before. Romeo and Juliet.a story of star-crossed lovers resulting in tragedy.I've heard of real life stories where couples who were forbidden to be together went to rigorous lenghths to be together. Othello,again another story of love and betrayal which some today would call crime of passion. Shakesphere was a very remarkable man who wrote of tragedy with such vivid passion. He was truly a man of epic proportions.
2006-09-08 20:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by T.Mack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our school guys read Shakespeare. They learnt a lot of slangs.
2006-09-08 20:31:44 · answer #5 · answered by astrokid 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An education
Some entertainment
And perhaps a little insight into human reaction and society.
2006-09-08 20:35:42 · answer #6 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is only one way of finding the answer to this question.....Read some of his work.....
2006-09-08 20:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by here_comes_trouble_4_you 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he teachs me the way to love others, teachs me the way to live better and better.
2006-09-08 20:33:20 · answer #8 · answered by Hong Win 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
2006-09-08 20:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by No Saint 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how to use the urinal when wearing pantaloons-bone schwah!
2006-09-08 20:33:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋