An overhyped classic you really didn't like
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Re: An overhyped classic you really didn't like
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I am anxious after reading this. I have The Scarlet Letter this semester. There will be a seminar to prepare. I wonder if I will be prejudiced even before reading it.Nalence wrote: ↑06 Aug 2019, 09:25 For me it is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nothing captured my attention and I found that I had to force myself to read it. If it had been any longer I would have stopped. It did catch my interest a little in the end, but not enough to redeem the book in any way.
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To this point, I found Romeo and Juliet (and essentially every adaptation/expy thereafter) to be incredibly lackluster. While the narrative of two families separated by discrimination and finding solidarity through their losses is a point to the story, the fact that the narrative had to be carried by two emotionally (and intellectually) underdeveloped teenagers in a state of lust really waters down the sacrifice made at the end and trivializes an otherwise "okay" story.Abraham Ozo wrote: ↑24 Oct 2023, 17:41 I may get a blow back for this comment but I think Shakespeare is a bit overhyped. I feel he just looked legendary because he was the main one doing all the writing then.
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I'm especially mad at the Handmaid's Tale cause I really liked Atwood's poetry. But her prose was just so godawful & boring & ugh, I couldn't stand it!
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Oh, poor Les Mis, but I can't say I disagree! I've been reading the book all year (it has as many chapters as there are days in the year, so I'm taking part in the 'a chapter a day' challenge) & I've had moments where I felt like I couldn't go on anymore! Victor Hugo really knows how to ramble without actually saying much. And I'm not opposed to philosophical ramblings, I adore the Picture of Dorian Grey for example, & I read all the Witcher short stories in like a week (& those get very philosophical at points.) It's just that Hugo's particular style doesn't lend itself to actually engaging philosophical rambles. Maybe if I understood French & read it in the original language, it would be different, but as it stands, I am barely hanging on, & I still have almost 2 months worth of chapters to get through. Save me!
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Because schools taught them that. People really don't seem to understand that R&J is a satire, & the way schools teach students to not recognise it as satire just adds to this weird cognitive dissonance society has with the play. Can't say I like it, though, I find Shakespeare to be highly overrated. Not all classics are relevant to the modern day, no matter what my 10th grade English teacher tried to tell my classKatherine Powell-Polkey wrote: ↑22 Oct 2022, 08:16 Romeo and Juliet. I don't understand why so many people think it's "the greatest love story."
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I read it twice to understand what's so good about it. And I still don't like it.
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P.S as for classics, Shakespeare has been pushed too much in schools at the expense of other classics. It could be bc the play format is easier in schools. Nevertheless, The Bard has made an unequalled contribution to theatre, literary styles and even to English vocabulary. I havent had trouble reading his plays. In contrast, Dickens is a difficult, slogging read. Gave up on finishing A Tale of Two Cities.