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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
I am not trying to be rude or snarky. I just don't think you need to understand everything in Shakespeare to get what's going on in the plot, or to be able to appreciate the beauty, power, and mastery of the language without the aid of actors and directors.
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For you. Not everyone enjoys poetry, nor reading Shakespeare out of context. I only recognize some of what you've quoted, and the rest mean nothing because I have no context. Glad you appreciate it, but not my thing.
The point is that not everyone will see it that way, nor get anything out of reading it cold. Once you know what's going on, then you can take the time to break down the text and see the skill in it.
Unless reading it cold has left you... cold.
Shakespeare wrote plays, not novels. I think students should be introduced to his work the way it was meant to be seen. Then bring in the scripts once they understand the plot.
English doesn't have to be easy, but it doesn't have to be so hard that once the class is over, people swear off of the subject matter. Which is what usually happens when it's not taught well.