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htorrens

Fathom Five Full Family Reunions!

Jan 22, 2006 17:08

I watched "The Tempest" a few years ago in Oakville at something called (though i don't remember the exact name) Shakespeare in the Park. It was done by a stream, and right beside Lake Ontario. Although I don't remember this specific song being sung, I love the words to it. It almost seems to be casting the Prince's father into eternity, "Of his ( Read more... )

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elephamus January 23 2006, 04:47:11 UTC

(Hee hee hee - *fathom ( ... )

htorrens January 23 2006, 05:10:05 UTC

Sadly enough, you don't get marks for seeing a different part of the big picture. That is one thing i definitely don't like about being an English major!

kuinr January 23 2006, 13:12:21 UTC

Well, in a blogging course you can...

Shakespeare love_leah January 24 2006, 20:27:46 UTC

I agree with you that Shakespeare's poetry is very beautiful and it is emotional. It is complex, which is why so many people are turned off by reading him(but also because we are forced to read it in high school). Shakespeare really did know what he was doing, or at least it seems like it, and it really is amazing to see how amazing his poems and plays have turned out.
As well, I was wondering what you don't like about TS Eliot? He is as complex as Shakespeare, yet a more interesting and intriguing complexity! I happen to love TS Eliot, so I guess I am biased in this case. Maybe it just takes reading a little more of him, or perhaps it depends on what poems and play you read of Eliot. By far my favourite is The Hollow Men, although extremely difficult to understand and cramped with underlying messages, it is defnitely one of his pieces which we could all benefit from. Try reading that one, if you haven't already, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised!