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A comment on Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and poems. Parent comment

Re:Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and poems by lou1306 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:37AM (#31908236)
Of course, it is pretty uncommon to enjoy something when it is "required reading".

And about the "good English", come on! The Bard has done a huge amount of work to improve the English language itself, by introducing or popularizing an insane lot of words [1] and idioms [2]. How does that not classify as "good"?

[1] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/words-shakespeare-i...

[2] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-phrases...

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Re:Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and poems by goosedragons on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:38PM (#31914001)
Unsurprisingly if you force students to read the same crap for 200+ years some of it sticks. Is it because it's good or because we've subjected generations of students and future English authors to it?
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