Why didn't I like Shakespeare as a teenager?

Asked By: freeed 61-65, M 1 year ago

As I now am Richard III beset, the background in more modern times set, words the bard erstwhile quilled my straining ears filter to a spirit now stilled.

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Posted by DumbLondoner Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:29PM

Well he was pretty obnoxious as a teenager.....I think people liked him better when he got older

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Reply by laniferous Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:32PM

Hah!
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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:33PM

Clever!
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Posted by Vestigial Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:33PM

Because teenagers are dumb.

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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 9:58PM

I was not! I knew EVERYTHING then. :)
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Posted by YourMysticGirl Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:30PM

"I am not bound to please thee with my answers" heehee...who said that????

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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:32PM

Like I'd know...told you I avoided reading him. Richard III is a movie I'm "multitasking" with right now. :)
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Posted by BuckarooBonzai Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:27PM

Cause old English is difficult to decipher

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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:34PM

Sum kinda whey even this floral articulation has been modernized. I read Chaucer in Olde English and couldn't understand four words in a row.
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Posted by theadventuresofalexus Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:33PM

Because Old English is Very different from the 1500's, The teenagers there seem so Smart, the weirdest thing is WOMEN would never be in plays."Boys" would play the parts of women& if they chose to continue to be in plays they would be men then haha but yes back to your question, its complicated wording & our generation has yet to appreciate those fine arts:

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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 10:00PM

Like Caucasians were cast in Oriental roles? And as Native Americans? And "The Jazz Singer"?
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Posted by iwantpizza Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:32PM

Because you never discovered "Cliff's Notes."

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Reply by freeed Apr 25th, 2012 at 10:01PM

I saw them - I was too cheap to buy them and too chicken to steal.
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