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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by Guestmodinfo on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:20AM (#50414567)
Finally someone said it! I understand Shakespeare introduced many pearls into literature but I personally know no one who has said that Shakespeare induced them the love of reading in their formative years. So why are we teaching Shakespare to grade school children
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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by hunterpayne on Sunday November 08, 2026 @01:59PM (#50415969)
Shakespeare has 2 problems for school age children:

1) The language is middle English and difficult to read 2) Its public domain so publishers can't make money from it

When Shakespeare is made into a movie, even when it doesn't modernize the language, those movies are hits. There was an entire generation whose love of stories came from a movie based on Shakespeare using middle English. So this entire line of thought is complete nonsense. The books being published ATM are ideologically driven and that's why people don't want to read them. People acting ignorant about this are the problem and always will be.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by GoblinSlayer on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:30PM (#50418854)
Movie might be nice (which?), but Shakespeare sucks.
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