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BS: shakespeare
| meself | 06 Feb 19 - 12:50 PM | |
| Bonnie Shaljean | 06 Feb 19 - 01:38 PM | |
| Thompson | 06 Feb 19 - 01:58 PM | |
| The Sandman | 06 Feb 19 - 04:15 PM | |
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Subject: RE: BS: shakespeare From: meself Date: 06 Feb 19 - 12:50 PM Has anyone ever claimed that WS's plays are historically accurate? I thought the first thing you learned about WS's "history" in high school is that it is not accurate ... ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: shakespeare From: Bonnie Shaljean Date: 06 Feb 19 - 01:38 PM > I thought the first thing you learned about WS's "history" in high school is that it is not accurate Yes... or at least I did. Our teachers always made that very clear, right from the get-go, as I already said above. This point is also frequently mentioned in critical commentary, literature textbooks, and even theatre programme notes. I don't think many people take him literally. And numberless other writers have done the same over the centuries, too many to cite. Plays ARE fiction - they need plot-points, dramatic arcs, characters with depth and credibility, whose dialogue keeps the pace moving. When it's non-fiction, they call it reading a transcript. |
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Subject: RE: BS: shakespeare From: Thompson Date: 06 Feb 19 - 01:58 PM They're fiction, and many - including Shakespeare's - are politically slanted. |
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Subject: RE: BS: shakespeare From: The Sandman Date: 06 Feb 19 - 04:15 PM no,that was not ho it was taught at the grammar sachool i attended. |
