lucyinthesky said – Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:21:30 -0000 ( Link )
Some people find Shakespeare too out of date for modern use, and that the old usage his language is confusing and boring for readers. Do you agree or disagree?
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Is Shakespeare too out of date? (Discussion)
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lechuck said – Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:38:01 -0000 ( Link )
Oh, I couldn’t disagree more. Shakespeare is an immortal cultural reading experience. Any of his plays, comedy or tragedy, they are so well told that if the students today can learn to understand his style of writing, would find the story as engaging as any story they watch on TV or read.
The young students are to use to the R&B and rap-crap they listen to on their iPods, a cultural experience like reading Shakespeare is probably painful for them. It’ll do them good in the long run.
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lucyinthesky said – Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:10 -0000 ( Link )
Oops, I meant to disagree with the statement and agree with you!
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oLahav said – Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:19:23 -0000 ( Link )
Don’t kill me, but Shakespeare is a bit out of date. Mostly because his works weren’t really designed with the intention of surviving for centuries, that’s just a sideeffect of his genious. He wrote about things that were relevant and interesting to that day and age, both language and plot wise. So watching a Shakespearean play today isn’t nearly as entertaining or effective as it was during the Elizabethan times, and reading the plays is even worse.
That said, I believe that the plots, characters, themes and symbols are still fascinating and cool. Modernizing Shakespeare with new language and themes (like the Dicaprio R&j, I guess) I think helps keep it fresh and up to date. Reading and watching the originals still has a lot of value, in both the historical and literary sense, but Shakespeare just can’t compete anymore with modern pop culture, because the culture now just isn’t the same as it was hundreds of years ago.
Bottom line- Shakespeare is still relevant and cool, but it’s also out of date in terms of its place in the modern scene. It’s great for enriching your literary or historical knowledge, but for pure entertainment and timekill purposes, Macbeth can’t compete against movies and video games, sadly.
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windwind said – Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:18:27 -0000 ( Link )
I guess you need something like Shksp for people to feel good about themselves, like-ooh I’m so good, I’m sooo clever and above average because I can read and talk about Shksp. An icon, like classical music. So in that sense Shksp will never go out of fashion. Fortunately the stories are mostly good-interesting and relevant, so given the talented director one can enjoy them still. West side story anyone?
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windwind said – Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:04:17 -0000 ( Link )
I guess I was out of line in my previous response – not eveybody who likes Shaksp does so for the showing off stuff. I myself find him amazingly relevant and entertaining, even more so as he can be appreciated either in modern adaptations or stick to the source mode.- 1 in literature, no doubt about it!
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lucyinthesky said – Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:38:24 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
Very true. I would have to disagree as well – not only the fact that I made this community :P but also because English is often disregarded for not being objective enough. Just like math, you understand the basic concepts of arithmetic and apply them in order to solve difficult problems. Shakespeare is like that complex problem, because once you learn the basic concepts of the English language, you can apply them to difficult pieces of literature. When you master the English language can you have the capacity to understand and analyze works such as Shakespeare. You can appreciate the intention of his words and the manner in which he says them…