We didn't read Shakespeare itself but we did read at least one play in class when I was in 10th grade. Medea to be exact. Several of us were assigned parts. I got the part of Jason, "It seems I must reef up my sails against the tempest of your tongue."(he's talking to Medea whom he has betrayed in favor of a new wife.) We also saw the Count of Monte Cristo (Richard Chamberlain version). I wish we had had some Shakespeare myself. Not that the others were boring or anything. I like Shakespeare. R & J, Hamlet and Julius Caesar are among my favorites.
My mom had a different opinion when she was in High School. They read Julius Caesar as I understand it and she thought it boring at the time. Then yrs later she saw a movie version of it and things clicked better for her after that she said.
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Originally Posted by wodin
Mrs. Hartwig, my high school English teacher made us read Macbeth, then we dissected it line by line in class. Being a typical teenager, I didn’t see the value in it; but as the years progress I have come to value that experience more and more.
However, I still don’t for the life of me understand what I could have possibly gotten out of Beowulf!
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