[BibChr]

OOPS! Sorry, bad link!

"The Betrothed".

Dan

[Lurking Libertarian]

I'll see you one and raise you one:

Who said: "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar"?

[hadrianswall]

I saw The League of Extraordinary Gentleman recently and
I liked it. The graphics were really good but I mainly liked the literary references. I understood most of them
especially the one about the "Phantom of the Opera."
The dialogue was clever and the whole thing was well
acted. In order to understand the movie, people should
bone up on classic literature at least so they'll know
who the characters are. There are countless references
made to Romeo and Juliet in today's culture, but a lot of people don't know that "Where for art thou" means 'Why are you' not 'Where are you'.

The thing about literature is that is reflective of the period it represents. Though often fictionalized, it
offers a taste of both the author's creativity and imagination and history. The key to understanding modern
time is to understand what came before. A well-rounded
person knows not only about the culture of that time
but also what took place during that period in time.
What is culture really, but a reflection of what goes on
during any given period.

A lot of people think classic literature is a waste of time. I've even heard people grumble about having to read "Frankenstein." I also heard people say that some of the words in "The Time Machine" were mispelled. What they fail to realize is that the spelling of those words was correct at that time. Even the dialogue in "Lord of
The Rings" had to be appropriate, otherwise everyone
would go around talking like Duke Nuke'em [from the
computer game]. Which is exactly why the dialogue in the
remake of "Romeo and Juliet" didn't work.

Many references are made in today's society about classic works. This just proves that classics have
remarkable longevity and endurance, much like "Dorian
Gray." They could be exposed to fatal portraits, or
a stake driven through their heart like in "Dracula."
Or they may simply disapear like "The Invisible Man."
But they will never really be destroyed.
Even though the characters may die in their stories, their works remain immortal. Classics cannot and will not be killed!