for those who do not know Shakespeare, please knock your head off. from now on, you have to live with the facts that you might be living in a different world or probably you are the unknown species waiting to be explored in Mars. i am sure that most of us have heard of this great name, Shakespeare, which is known to the entire world in every nation as the most influential writer. this great man is famous for his great piece of love story like Romeo and Juliet, and also tragedies plays like Othello or Macbeth and many of his work are still being studied widely.
when i was first informed that we will be analysing Shakespeare's works i was very excited that finally we are able to study the great piece of Master Shakespeare. however the excitement of knowing Shakespeare digreessed as it changed slowly into angst and fear of his mighty ancient language. once i open the book and read the prose, i went ' oh my goodness!' 'what does he said?' 'what does he meant by this?' 'what does this word mean?' it took several minutes for me to clear the panic attack of the imcapabality to understand this ageless man.
it is not easy to interpret the work of Shakespeare, considering the time and cultural factors that are totally foreign to us in Malaysia, it is such a labour. however, it doesnt mean that one should give up the book and off to the Slumberland where you might be meeting Shakespeare who can describe what he wrote 300 years ago. if only there is a time machine :)
when i was first informed that we will be analysing Shakespeare's works i was very excited that finally we are able to study the great piece of Master Shakespeare. however the excitement of knowing Shakespeare digreessed as it changed slowly into angst and fear of his mighty ancient language. once i open the book and read the prose, i went ' oh my goodness!' 'what does he said?' 'what does he meant by this?' 'what does this word mean?' it took several minutes for me to clear the panic attack of the imcapabality to understand this ageless man.
it is not easy to interpret the work of Shakespeare, considering the time and cultural factors that are totally foreign to us in Malaysia, it is such a labour. however, it doesnt mean that one should give up the book and off to the Slumberland where you might be meeting Shakespeare who can describe what he wrote 300 years ago. if only there is a time machine :)
to read Shakespeare, one has to be mentally equipped with determination and guts to go line by line and most importantly to have dictionary by your side. if you have huge vocabularies in English, of course you don't need it but to me dictionary is ESSENTIAL. i am sure throughout the process, one may interfere some serious delusional, confusion moments but eventually with serious determination me and you would be able to grasp the magic of Shakespeare.
there is nothing more joyous than the joy of mastering the art of Shakespeare.
happy learning :)
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