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I used to sit in my grade 12 English class working out polygon fill-and-shade routines on graph paper instead of whatever nonsense Shakespeare we were going thr
by DanHulton 8y ago
I used to sit in my grade 12 English class working out polygon fill-and-shade routines on graph paper instead of whatever nonsense Shakespeare we were going through at the time.
Worked out really well for me - I'm employed well as a programmer, and I got to come to Shakespeare basically fresh when I was old enough to actually appreciate the work.
- ams6110 8y agoHow old is that? I'm over 50 and I still can't get into Shakespeare. Watching a performance is OK, though not something I'd choose to do on my own, but reading the plays? Can't get into it at all.
- munificent 8y agoHave you tried an annotated one? Shakespeare is full of, essentially, in-jokes and memes from the 1500s. There is a ton of depth in his writing that you'll totally miss if you don't know all of that context.
- crooked-v 8y agoAlso, lots of bawdy humor that gets glossed over by staid and respectable modern productions. For example: the "bite your thumb" gesture that gets used in a few plays is pretty much the equivalent of somebody from today giving a double middle finger while sticking their tongue out.
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- zmix 8y agoTry the "Sonetts" instead of the plays!
- johndubchak 8y agoJust program.
- nimithryn 8y agoTry watching a movie version - I really like Branagh's Hamlet and I never expected to (long though)