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4.17 AVERAGE
challenging
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reflective
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence
challenging
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I've concluded that I just don't read non-fiction well on a screen. I need the physical book! I was enjoying this and would like to try it again with a physical copy.
This was a big read, so well researched and so much detail. As someone who has little to no knowledge of
Shakespeare it was a bit overwhelming and hard to follow at times. But I still really enjoyed it and there were plenty of moments where it was broken down enough that I could find some understanding.
Shakespeare it was a bit overwhelming and hard to follow at times. But I still really enjoyed it and there were plenty of moments where it was broken down enough that I could find some understanding.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I really enjoyed reading this. Despite knowing some of the plots of Shakespeare’s work due to pop culture retellings and references, the only ones that I’m properly familiar with are those that I studied at school (Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth). I had never once thought of the racial context of the time period in which his plays were written (Elizabethan era) or how they could be analysed critically through the lens of race. It was really interesting to see how the breakdown of language Shakespeare used can be used to make inferences about the multiethnic society he lived in - enabled by the mercantile imperialist & colonialist boom and the transatlantic slave trade in the Elizabethan era. The binaries between ‘light’ and ‘dark’ which often transferred over to race with ‘white’ and ‘black’ and imagery of different characters was another fascinating insight into historical context of race and ethnicity - wish that Shakespeare was taught like this in school, the British curriculum could defo benefit from cackling racist/misogynist biases head on which in a way would make it more accessible and interesting for POCs in education. I remember thinking that studying Shakespeare was stuffy and boring, with the only thing I derived joy from was when we finally watched the film version of R+J and thirsting over young leonardo dicaprio😭- I would’ve defo been more interested in analysis if these were the angles we were discussing in class🙂↕️
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I've never really been a Shakespeare guy, but a lot of the people I care about love the guy. I've watched a few documentaries on the staying power of the bard, and this book provided a much appreciated difference lens! Really engagingly written, and now I'm thinking I need to read&watch The Merchant Of Venice!
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced