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Post by Brighitta on Jul 1, 2006 9:59:00 GMT -5
Just curious as to what kind of books you guys like to read!
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Post by Katrina on Jul 1, 2006 11:26:59 GMT -5
I like to read many types of books. Fantasy books are great, especially JRR Tolkien. I also enjoy many poets. Some of my favourites are Frost, cummings and Blake. I adore mysteries, such as Agatha Christie, Minette Walters and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I like humour and satires, especially those written by Oscar Wilde. I also enjoy many plays, especially those of Shakespeare.
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Post by Brighitta on Jul 3, 2006 7:34:55 GMT -5
What's your favourite Shakespearean play? I love 'Twelfth Night' and 'Much Ado About Nothing.'
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Post by Nadia on Jul 3, 2006 11:45:40 GMT -5
I am a compulsive reader, but I guess I love fanstasy books the most!
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Post by Katrina on Jul 3, 2006 12:15:46 GMT -5
My favourite Shakespearean play is 'The Merchant of Venice'. 'Much Ado About Nothing' was the first one I ever read, follower by 'Macbeth', then my favourite. I also loved Twelfth Night. His sonnets are also beautiful, and quoting him is great, one can use his words in any situation.
"Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love" Much Ado About Nothing
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Post by phantomlove on Jul 5, 2006 17:35:57 GMT -5
My favorite shakesphere tragedy is Hamlet and then comedy would be As You Like It. i love how twisted the plot becomes in as you like it. im a fantasy reader. its feels great to break free of this world and enter a world that can never be our world but should be.
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Post by Katrina on Jul 6, 2006 14:38:59 GMT -5
I love Shakespeare, but I find it easier to read his tragedies than comedies, because in his comedies, many, if not most, characters are shallow. A prime example is Twelfth Night, in which the main characters, Olivia and Orsino, can easily and often transfer their love to others. Fortunately for them, they end up with characters who have some depth, or at least Orsino does.
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Post by kim on Jul 9, 2006 9:41:54 GMT -5
i have tried to get into shakespear but the only play i like by him is Macbeth, but the others i just find hard to get into, it doesn't really interest me. i love fantasy books though, i just love how people can create whole other worlds in their heads, and make them seem believable. i do enjoy reading certain non-fiction books though, but only certain larg cats and anything on japans history, but i tend to read more fantasy than them.
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Post by Katrina on Jul 9, 2006 10:26:21 GMT -5
Kim, which Shakespeare plays have you tried? You might want to start with something light, perhaps "Much Ado About Nothing" or "Twelfth Night", especially the latter. Try reading a synopsis first, I think www.sparknotes.com is good.
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Post by kim on Jul 9, 2006 11:12:41 GMT -5
we studied much ado about nothing and i couldn't stand it, i just find most of the stories uninvolving dull really, mind you i've never been into reading plays, im sure i'd enjoy seing the plays performed i just find ti annoying readig them.
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Post by subtlecollision on Aug 3, 2006 16:36:00 GMT -5
A great way to start reading Shakespeare is on the website www.nofearshakespeare.com. Both the archaic text and modern text are provided for you. That way, if you get stuck, the modern text is right next to it.
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Post by jane on Aug 3, 2006 23:46:08 GMT -5
We had to preform 25 lines of Shakespeare in class, and I did Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream. I read the real version first adn memorised, but I also went to NoFearShakespeare to help me understand what I was actuallt going to be talking about. It helped SO much, and I did really well! My dear friend Darcy pushed me to do my very best (I can be very timid about preforming sometimes, especially in front of my Lit teacher cause she is my Idol! sort of) and it was so fun to be up there and have people laugh at what I was saying!
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Post by subtlecollision on Aug 4, 2006 14:39:54 GMT -5
That sounds like fun. I'm deciding whether to read 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' next or 'Much Ado About Nothing.' I just read 'The Comedy of Errors.' It was really clever.
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