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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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This bugged me about Shakespeare at GCSEWhy do I have to specifically understand every single intricacy of meaning of every line of Hamlet? Can't I just appreciate the story and the prose?
Put me off Shakespeare for life.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 26 May 2009, 17:21,
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Try doing a degree in English.Load of old cobblers.
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thealternativefact, Tue 26 May 2009, 17:23,
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I considered it.I LOVED English lessons before we were forced to read Shakespeare. It occurred to me I might be forced to spend three years reading and 'understanding' lots of classical shit I really didn't identify with, and didn't bother.
A bit of a waste, probably.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 26 May 2009, 17:25,
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I loved doing the English Language stuffand my degree involved a lot of creative writing.
Oh, but the minute study of poems from a gillion years ago - yaaaawn.
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