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Post by GryphonMage on Jul 24, 2003 12:28:24 GMT -5
I suppose any self-respecting drama board should start off with a thread about Shakespeare. There's this sort of mythic glow around him. Was/is he really the greatest dramatist of all time? Certainly he seems to have the longest lasting success of all time. So what do you all think? The best writer? Or just has the best publicist?
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Post by Earthangel on Jul 25, 2003 16:39:25 GMT -5
Oh come on. Publicity will only get you so far. Shakespeare was brilliant. Duhhhh! ;D
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Post by GryphonMage on Jul 29, 2003 14:31:31 GMT -5
But was he the most brilliant? That is the question! (oops. accidental quote. ) And what about the theory that Shakespeare's plays were really written by several people or by one woman!?
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Post by Spades on Aug 4, 2003 14:19:59 GMT -5
I think Shakespere gets what he deserves. They're good plays. I think some people have a really unrealistic view of him though. They think he can do no wrong. Anything that looks like a goof on his part is supposed to actually hold deep meaning.
Or maybe he really wasn't perfect and he did goof. The big problem I see with Shakespere is that he had problems with causality. The effects of an action sometimes occur so close to the action itself that they seem to have no logical connection. That's a little disconcerting to me.
So...Shakespere. Good? Yes. God? No.
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Post by GryphonMage on Aug 6, 2003 12:38:38 GMT -5
Shakespeare isn't God? *runs off to reassess her belief system*
Just kidding. Actually Spades, I thought you made a good point on the action in Shakespeare, but I think the speed at which the action moves is one of the reasons Shakespeare remains so popular. A lot of older writers (I think) were so ponderous in regards to the action. For every thing that happened there were two acts of explanation. Shakespeare may have been confusing at times, but at least he moved!
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