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To: jbe who wrote (45895)	7/17/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, yes, the world would have crumbled up and died if it were not for Shakespeare. I've heard. :-) Hey! Something about Mary was entertaining and hilarious! Better than watching a bunch of troubled murderers, killing eachother with goblets of poison! :-) A lot of people watched the "Friday the 13th" series too! <ggg> Michael (now ducking under his computer terminal) Cummings

To: jbe who wrote (45895)	7/17/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

What is the point of slinging arrows at Philistines?

To: jbe who wrote (45895)	7/17/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

It is not often that I agree with Michael, but on the question of Shakespeare I do, and it is not because I am too ignorant or unintelligent or uncultured to understand his works. I just don't like them! Not one play to which I have been exposed, and as an English major that is probably most of them. I hasten to add that my husband asked for his collected works as a gift, and he and my daughter sometimes sit and read the weighty tome. So my dislike is not genetic or environmental in nature, as far as I can tell. But it is my own personal opinion that Shakespeare should be taught by exposing children to the plays themselves, on video if necessary, not by reading them, which I found tedious and which just sapped the life out of the plays for me, so that by the time I did see them performed, I was sated, but not in a good way. I also believe that the love of books should be taught with mostly modern works for children. I think explaining symbolism and having to refer to Cliff's Notes deadens the joy of reading. I am sure I hold a minority view on this subject, however.