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2006-12-03 16:06:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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Shakespeare. Hmmmmmm.

Well, first the obvious. Even though it is written in English, it can be a tough read.

He worked at a playhouse. Eventually, he started writing plays. Most of his works were whipped out quickly in order to keep the crowd coming back.

Some of his more celebrated plays had such an undue influence, a nobleman from the audience (who sat practically on the stage) could replace an actor if he felt that the actor wasn't playing the part well enough.

His sonnets were wondefrfully written,a dn were often true to form.

His plays, although some have said he was a hack who plagiarized ideas that had been around in play from before, have outlasted all of the greatest works of time (with the exception of greek drama of course)! He was a great tragedy writer, but his comedies were a bit lackluster.

What impresses me most is the way he could string a sentence so it trips off your tongue ever-so eloquently. He is probably the most quoted author of all-time also, and most certainly, the most studied.

Shakespeare has written himself into the annals of time, and will probably still be there for the next 400 years as he has been for the 400 years prior to now.

I cannot say that I love shakespeare, but, I do appreciate his works and his literary talent. I would also say that anyone who would blindly dismiss his works should probably stick to Dr. Suess and leave the good stuff for the rest of us.

2006-12-04 12:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Random 3 · 0 0

A creative individual who wrote great stories, although some say that Shakespeare may have plagiarized some of his ideas. His plays appealed to the masses with their murder and intrigue, but appealed to intellectuals at the same time by engaging in complex philosophical and ideological discourses. Think about the interaction of art and life or issues of death and suicide in Hamlet, for example. As someone else has mentioned, he coined new words and phrases, some of which stuck in modern English and others that didn't. The idea of jealousy as a green-eyed monster comes from Shakespeare, for example.

Unfortunately, some people don't appreciate Shakespeare because the language can be so dense and confusing. Modern remakes of Shakespearean plays into movies sometimes remove the archaic language and take the effort out of interpreting Shakespeare so that we can appreciate it for its timeless entertainment value.

2006-12-03 16:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ella Minnow Pea 3 · 0 0

I think he was a great imaginative writer. But still, I don't like his stories and poems because they're not my type ;)

2006-12-03 16:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by gogogo 3 · 0 1

i think he was the most boring person alive and he is the most weordst person sorry t say.

2006-12-03 16:09:58 · answer #4 · answered by Hally berry 3 · 0 2

He made up his own words...so why shouldn't I!!!

2006-12-03 16:10:19 · answer #5 · answered by bilaagonna 1 · 1 1

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