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Originally Posted by solitarywolf
I have discovered that since my absorbtion of the classics has made my understanding of film/movies better (not to mention more modern writings). There are so many subtle references to classic characters in movies that many go unnoticed.
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Yes, but it's those same subtle references that make the classics so hard to read. We aren't steeped in the culture of the time they were written and therefore, much of it makes little sense.