…college? I doubt it, though that's just me. [0] Without knowing the reader's experience with the Bard, let me recommend Julius Caesar especially, also Henry VI Part 2 and Part 3, and of course their sequel, Richard III. Richard II is good too. I'd skip Henry VI Part 1 but read a synopsis as context for Part 2: Part 1 is clearly substandard IMHO and, it turns out, is believed to be mostly written by a collaborator,…
…what was lost on me,…" What age was that? I reckon most kids think Shakespeare is difficult at the beginning because of the language, and that brings me back to a point made in the article: "For me, Richard II is the most dull of the Henriad plays." I now think so too, but when I was studying the play it was the first one with any real story to it, so it encouraged me to figure out the language so I could…
…data to make conclusive statements like this. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays on similar subjects, and it's no surprise that a lot of words overlap. That doesn't mean it's not interesting. I'm doing Richard II right now, which is unarguably Shakespeare, and Edward III an immediate prequel. It's too bad that more characters don't overlap. Edward and his son are dead, leaving Richard in charge, and the early…
…tragedy is not supposed to an ideal of virtue. The author of the article seem surprised that Hamlet is not idealized but rather acts both stupidly and unfairly. But look at the other tragedy protagonists - Richard II, Richard III, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet. They are all severely flawed and make disastrous mistakes. We are supposed to empathize with these characters, not sympathize. On the other…
……大学？我表示怀疑，虽然这只是我个人的看法。[0] 在不知道读者对莎翁（the Bard）了解多少的情况下，我特别推荐《尤利乌斯·恺撒》（Julius Caesar），还有《亨利六世》中篇和下篇，当然还有它们的续集《理查三世》。《理查二世》也很不错。《亨利六世》上篇我就跳过了，但可以读个剧情梗概作为看中篇的背景铺垫：恕我直言（IMHO），上篇明显不够水准，而且事实证明，大家普遍认为它主要是合著者写的，……
…college? I doubt it, though that's just me. [0] Without knowing the reader's experience with the Bard, let me recommend Julius Caesar especially, also Henry VI Part 2 and Part 3, and of course their sequel, Richard III. Richard II is good too. I'd skip Henry VI Part 1 but read a synopsis as context for Part 2: Part 1 is clearly substandard IMHO and, it turns out, is believed to be mostly written by a collaborator,…
……“我当时到底错过了什么，……”那会儿是多大年纪？我觉得大多数孩子一开始觉得莎士比亚难懂，都是因为语言问题，这也让我回想起了文章里的一个观点：“对我来说，《理查二世》是‘亨利四部曲’（Henriad）里最无聊的一部。”我现在也这么觉得，但当年我研读这部剧的时候，它是第一部真正有具体故事情节的戏，所以它激励着我去摸透那些语言，好让我能……
…what was lost on me,…" What age was that? I reckon most kids think Shakespeare is difficult at the beginning because of the language, and that brings me back to a point made in the article: "For me, Richard II is the most dull of the Henriad plays." I now think so too, but when I was studying the play it was the first one with any real story to it, so it encouraged me to figure out the language so I could…
……数据来下这种定论。莎士比亚写过很多同类题材的剧本，词汇重合度高一点也不奇怪。但这并不意味着它没意思。我目前正在研读《理查二世》，这毫无疑问是莎士比亚的作品，而《爱德华三世》是紧接着的前传。可惜的是重合的角色没那么多。爱德华和他儿子都去世了，留下理查掌权，早期的……
…data to make conclusive statements like this. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays on similar subjects, and it's no surprise that a lot of words overlap. That doesn't mean it's not interesting. I'm doing Richard II right now, which is unarguably Shakespeare, and Edward III an immediate prequel. It's too bad that more characters don't overlap. Edward and his son are dead, leaving Richard in charge, and the early…
……悲剧主角本就不该是道德楷模。那篇文章的作者似乎很惊讶哈姆雷特竟然没有被理想化，反倒行事愚蠢且有失公允。但看看其他悲剧主角吧——理查二世、理查三世、麦克白、奥赛罗、李尔王、罗密欧与朱丽叶。他们全都有着严重缺陷，并且犯下了灾难性的错误。我们应该对这些角色产生共情，而不是同情。另一方面……
…tragedy is not supposed to an ideal of virtue. The author of the article seem surprised that Hamlet is not idealized but rather acts both stupidly and unfairly. But look at the other tragedy protagonists - Richard II, Richard III, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet. They are all severely flawed and make disastrous mistakes. We are supposed to empathize with these characters, not sympathize. On the other…