and I don’t mean to say that Jewish women don’t or haven’t contributed to Western or basic civilization, as the Good Lord and I know they do, it’s to say that there is a faction constantly attempting to denigrate.
Shakespeare’s works are magnificent, but not so because, as in the case of, say, Oprah’s book club, or something academic, even, people tell you you’re cool if you say you like them and even more so if you know a little, but because they are truly magnificent.
And to say that just anyone or a group of writers or a woman who was taught a lot within the confines of a castle under duress could have written them is one in many attempts to tell people to look the other way regarding the greatness of the Western World.
My colleague and dear friend, the middle school history teacher at our school says ‘you know everyone hates Shakespeare’ I say, come to my class at 7th period and see.
She NEVER obliges.
When you geta group of motley 7th grade boys to, within 3 weeks, quote Shakespeare slinging slurs and insults from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in the produce aisle on the way home with their very busy and astonished mother; when you have a group of 30 9th graders glued to the screen after having read, analyzed, acted out and read,
‘Taming of the Shrew’, hanging onto every middle English word from Taylor and Burton, that’s when I can say, not just any schmo, nor lovely and driven woman of the time could have written this 500 year old stuff.
Yeah, that reminds me of the movie "Renaissance Man" with Danny DeVito. That was Hamlet and Henry V to army grunts.
Cute movie about teaching Shakespeare.
-PJ