I read Mockingbird
The Crucible (which I still love), Henry IV which we only half read, 2 books of Virgil (who I hate anyway), the most boring bit of Tacitus ever, two books of the Iliad, which were excellent, Juvenal, who is hilarious, some tragedy which was alright... Oh and assorted bits from Livy, Ovid, Xenophon, Euripides and Seneca, if I remember correctly.

I enjoyed all of them, apart from Virgil- he's not that difficult, just that his hero is the worst character ever.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:30, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I had The Crucible.
Loved it too.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

Someone who was studying it at GCSE asked me a few weeks ago
if he was the only one who saw parallels with McCarthyism.

I almost punched him.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:32, Reply)

you were in my dream last night :(

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

What did I do?
I had vaguely horrible dreams last night. Nto as bad as some have been
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

my dreams were terrible last night
I generally have nightmares whenever I sleep, but last nights were especially bad. The first one (the one you were in) you were being mean to me ( can't remember the specifics.) The second one I was missing a leg and running through a computer generated world trying to avoid patches of mould on the ground that would infect my stump. Then lots of bizarre things happened
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:38, Reply)

I'm sorry for being mean to you!
My dream last night involved a cat who'd been hit by a car :( V. upsetting. And walking very far but not being able to.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:41, Reply)

haha thats okay
my dreams never match up to real life- they always take place on a different planet or in a different universe or whatever. So I never extrapolate from them. I know you're nice :)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

I don't like The Crucible
Too much snooker on television already.

/coat
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

-burns for being a witch-

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I had the Crucible
Didn't love it though. And you know how you write your name and date in the front of school books in case you lose it? Mine had a woman's name from 1946 which freaked me out about the futility of life every time I opened it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

Aeneas is a wanker
pure and simple.

Luckily most of the set texts I had in school, I'd either read beforehand or would have disliked on principle.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:32, Reply)

He spends the first 6 books crying
forgets about his wife, fucks up an emotionally damaged yet strong and successful woman to the extent she commits suicide
then goes and shits on another guy's turf, taking everything away from him- his land, his bride and his dignity. Then he has a hissy fit over a perfectly justifiable spoils of war and BAM end of book.

Thank god he died about 5 years later.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

Yeah
and people think Achilles was a bad guy.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:47, Reply)