Why is Shakespeare so flippin' sweet?

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Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:50 am
Snoink says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:50 am
Okay, a member thought it would be totally awesome to have a discussion about this, and I agreed!

What makes Shakespeare totally flippin' sweet and so enduring?

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David Guinness says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:07 am
He has an amazing ability to capture sorrow, tragedy, sarcasm, joviality, humour, word-plays, and "thou"s all in a couple of sentences. :)

Erm.. in other words, his incredible elasticity in written work.
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backgroundbob says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:37 am
He's not bad: some of his plays are better than others, and the same for the sonnets. There are certainly moments of absolute genius, however.
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Meshugenah says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:25 pm
eh.. comedy and sarcasm in poetic form. It's brilliant. Well, that and I'm talking about Much Ado About Nothing... which I love. That, and it's lasted so long, stood the test of time thus far.. themes that are still revelent (and funny as all else, too!), fun to read, act, etc. And it sounds so great when read well.
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:32 pm
zell says... · Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:32 pm
well he has the lovable oldie english accent his plays have tragedy, horror and happy things in the play you've got to love it i mean who wouldn't
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:02 am
Poor Imp says... · Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:02 am
He had a brilliant ability to entertain, didn't he? And though that's not always a very lasting trait, he picked the enduring themes of human history and conflict to express - in words that often managed subtlety and simplicity. Certainly he appealed to a broad audience then; and his stories seem to appeal just as much now - if not always the words. The modern retellings and films, I mean.

...off the top of my head.
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:49 am
Sponson Light says... · Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:49 am
Well he seems to be boringly long in the beginning, then hookingly good at the end.
But by the time the end comes the play ends. Then again that is expected.

Oh his Macbeth play is fun to parody!
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:28 pm
thegirlwhofateloves says... · Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:28 pm
...My favourite Shakespeare is that Sonnet...can't remember what number, maybe 130...anyway, it's the one that goes "...my mistress'..."
I have to say, I didn't like hamlet...snore...
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:38 am
Poor Imp says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:38 am
Didn't like Hamlet? Not snore, at least...liking and caprice - oh well. But snore?

:cry:

You have to like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead though, yes?
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:40 am
zell says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:40 am
my fav shakespere play is macbeth its easy to understand and its so gory yay
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thegirlwhofateloves says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:21 pm
Lol, sorry Poor_Imp. And I haven't read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, no.
I liked Macbeth. But the thing is, I did both Hamlet and Macbeth at school, and they were kind of similar in a way...Hamlet was a little odd, I thought.
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Poor Imp says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:25 pm
I love Midsummer Nights Dream!


Yes! ...Midsummer Night's Dream - couldn't agree more. Brilliant fun. (I got to play Puck once...what a lot to memorise!)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, by the way, is a play - but more recently a film - and it's hilarious. If you ever get the chance to borrow it/buy it/rent it - do! ^_^
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:25 pm
Teufelshund says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:25 pm
More like "Shakesqueer".

I see nothing important in Shakspeare and his works. Yeah, he gave us a few new words, but he also gave us headaches.
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Poor Imp says... · Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:27 pm
Teufelshund wrote:More like "Shakesqueer".

I see nothing important in Shakspeare and his works. Yeah, he gave us a few new words, but he also gave us headaches.


'Shakesqueer'...how so? And besides words - what about stories? (Just not written any more deftly than someone else might?)
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Rei says... · Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:13 am
Actually, none of those stories were of his own creation. Back then, people knew the ending and that's the way they liked it. Until around the 1700's, writers used stories they knew and put their own spin on it, with their own voice. However, Taming of the Shrew was a combination of two stories rather than just one.
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