tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post8836815652727423828..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Cymbeline by William ShakespeareLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-71562810275890831672013-03-21T19:55:48.408+00:002013-03-21T19:55:48.408+00:00Awww, I don't think you necessary need school ...Awww, I don't think you necessary need school Shakespeare experience, cause I have very little but I just read my way through the plays and enjoy it in my own little way :). I feel like Hamlet is a pretty harsh play to read at school though, it's like the longest one!<br /><br />I think I'm going to read Much Ado About Nothing next! Mainly for the vagina jokes, rather than because of the film. Which, by the way, will obviously be awesome because JOSS WHEDON! :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-52432747244483129972013-03-21T19:51:41.628+00:002013-03-21T19:51:41.628+00:00Oh, I've definitely not read anywhere near all...Oh, I've definitely not read anywhere near all the Shakespeare. And, like, literary studies-wise, I've only read, like 2 plays? But I really really super love Shakespeare, so I just have to teach myself! (Or, you know, just read it.)<br /><br />Cymbeline is indeed a dude! He's not very important though, you can probably just ignore him.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-10322917556270780462013-03-21T18:42:45.206+00:002013-03-21T18:42:45.206+00:00This just makes me wish I'd been more exposed ...This just makes me wish I'd been more exposed to Shakespeare. Besides reading (and forgetting) Hamlet in school, I have zero Shakespeare experience. And I'm so laazzzzyyy now.<br /><br />I DID however just get Much Ado About Nothing from the library (the kind that has modern-day language on the opposite page, because I need that) and I'm hoping to try it soon cause I wanna see the Joss Whedon movie.<br /><br />... that's all I have to contribute :-( <br />*walks away whistling*Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35384482759797275292013-03-21T10:34:15.396+00:002013-03-21T10:34:15.396+00:00I love a lusty Italian. I might have to add this o...I love a lusty Italian. I might have to add this one to the ol' classics club list because as much as I like to think I've read all the Shakespeare, I think I've probably only read about half of the Shakespeare. I've had a good stab at it but really I'm just a massive failure of a Lit graduate. I do love a good historical-ish tragi-comedy mish mash. Also, hold the phone, Cymbeline is a dude? Tough break.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362128444319074118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-205281030353475562013-03-20T22:24:58.376+00:002013-03-20T22:24:58.376+00:00Seriously- Cymbeline is way less tragic than Hamle...Seriously- Cymbeline is way less tragic than Hamlet (I wouldn't really consider it a tragedy at all, but it's totally classified as one, and who am I to argue with classifiers?) AND it's really funny! I just really don't know why it's so non-liked by the Shakespearey people. Cause I really like it.<br /><br />It's probably not actually better than Hamlet though. But it might be funnier... Maybe.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-12285551923397908122013-03-20T22:22:23.512+00:002013-03-20T22:22:23.512+00:00Aw man, I would have been so sad in that class! I ...Aw man, I would have been so sad in that class! I would have been like 'but, I thought it was funny and stuff...' and everyone would have been like 'you pleb' and I would have been like :(. Dude, I totally haven't read Titus Andronicus, I should huh?<br /><br />Antony and Cleopatra would have been SO GOOD if it was just about Antony and Cleopatra and their love. But there were all those battles and like politics and stuff, and, you know, SNORE. DAMMIT SHAKESPEARE.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-1964723342680323322013-03-20T22:20:02.980+00:002013-03-20T22:20:02.980+00:00Haha, I'm not so smart.
I don't know that ...Haha, I'm not so smart.<br />I don't know that Cymbeline sounds like anything except for cymbals, maybe. But he's WAY boring, and his wife is all awesome and villainous. I love it.<br />I didn't! I think I tried to think of a way to fit it in, and then I couldn't be bothered? Something like that. But it's still hilare. And gross.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-63535734699783389292013-03-20T21:58:43.993+00:002013-03-20T21:58:43.993+00:00So it's a comical-tragedy or tragic-comedy. It...So it's a comical-tragedy or tragic-comedy. It means I have to read it too. My favourite tragedy-full-of-comedy from Shakespeare is Hamlet by far. Hope Cymbeline is just as hilarious - or even better.Lemon Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340029101536146372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-878201330641155012013-03-20T16:50:50.839+00:002013-03-20T16:50:50.839+00:00Now I wish you had been in my Shakespeare class wh...Now I wish you had been in my Shakespeare class when we read this and everyone was tearing it apart for being awful. And not awful in the Titus Andronicus way (I love that play) but in the "wtf why am I reading this?" way. I don't remember much except for Cloten. <br /><br />That said I do prefer this to A&C cos uuuuggghhh why isn't Cleo just in every scene?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-66812337730775903932013-03-20T12:00:56.274+00:002013-03-20T12:00:56.274+00:00Three things:
You are so smart.
Cymbeline sounds l...Three things:<br />You are so smart.<br />Cymbeline sounds like a girl's name.<br />You didn't including the fingering quote :(Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889220731638919659noreply@blogger.com