/lit/ - Literature

What do you guys think about this view of Shakespeare:

"It is poetry such as this [the author is referring to Prospero's 'We are such stuff/As dreams are made on' speech], which, by its perfection of phrase, its musical sequences of words, its imposed and varying rhythms, its illuminating and harmonizing imagery, conveys more than has ever been communicated by any other poet, of the experience, the vision that inspired the writing; it is such poetry - not the learning, not the philosophy, not even the characters, for they are themselves the poetry - that makes the plays of Shakespeare so incomparably the greatest achievement of man's genius."

This statement has tree extreme points of view:

>Shakespeare's poetry is the greatest of all time;

>Shakespeare's poetry is by far the most important aspect of his work;

>Shakespeare's plays are the greatest achievement of man's genius.

My opinion is that statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 seems to me kind of exaggerated. But I want to hear your opinion.

The quote is from this book (The Poetry of Shakespeare's Plays, by F.E. Halliday):

http://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Shakespeares-Plays-F-E-Halliday/dp/1842321250/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394674319&sr=1-8&keywords=the+poetry+of+shakespeare%27s+plays

I love Audrey. So cute.

>>4609679

They erased my thread:

“If Audrey Hepburn was a book character, what character would her be?

She was extremely beautiful, capable of being both cute and sexy according to the situation. She was elegant, classy, and extremely educated and gentle to everyone. Even before her movie career she was already elegant; she exudes an exuberant air of femininity and delicacy (she danced ballet, and moved with an unparalleled grace and easiness), and many movie director reported to have fallen in love at the first sight of her.

She also had a dark side, as a new bio of her tries to prove: “She was a heavy smoker who liked a glass of bourbon, she had an earthy sense of humour and a robust sexual appetite”

To me that makes her even more adorable.

And here watch this early screen test of her (she didn’t even knew she was being filmed), look at how adorable she is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSnKWwRCWnw

So, is there a book character that resembles something of this perfection?”

for no reason.

Sorry to use your thread to unleash my frustration. I hate the mods of /lit/: they allow any stupid pseudo-philosophical thread to live one, but any thread that speaks of life, of women, of topics that are fun (and AT THE SAME TIME RELATED TO LITERATURE), they suddenly ban. This guy’s life must be a hell of no-social contact at all.

War and Peace – Tolstoy
Nothing Like the Sun – Anthony Burgess
Macbeth – Shakespeare
Vagabond (manga) – Takehico Inoue
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Márquez


Pic: The most perfect woman of all time in my opinion.