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Originally Posted by Heather Parker
I'll probably get shot for suggesting this but is there anyone else who doesn't enjoy Shakespeare? Maybe it's because we're forced to read it in such detail when we're at school but my mind just drifts...
I'm in the UK - do you all have to read it in school in the US too?
Heather
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When I was in grade 9 my English teacher didn't just make us read The Merchant of Venice, he went right through the whole history of the period, created good discussions, and we really spoke as a group about the story as we read it as well as when we watched the movie. In grade 10 I was so excited about doing Shakespeare given how much I enjoyed it the previous year. Well we did Hamlet....well watched the movie and the teacher that year described a few things and that was it, took us 2 lessons. Was so disappointed. So I've found that since reading Shakespeare that I have really enjoyed it if I do more than just read the story. To me Shakespeare is to be read and enjoyed and experienced, not just read from cover to cover and think to yourself "What did I think of that?"