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Clammy !yl3K3xulPc Mon May 10 23:38:22 2010 No.655777 [Reply] [Original]

I'm about to read Macbeth for the first time. What should I expect?

>>	Bulbazord !!alN6f1J2Im/ Mon May 10 23:41:22 2010 No.655795 It's not bad. I actually just finished reading it. The old english is somewhat hard to understand sometimes, but I got used to it. Unless you're reading a modern english version. That's cool too.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:42:22 2010 No.655803 File: 147 KB, 395x397, that's wrong.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>655795 >old english >Shakespeare

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:43:22 2010 No.655808 >>655803 Speaks the truth. >>655777 Old English is practically a different language.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:44:22 2010 No.655809 >>655777 Have you read any other Shakespeare plays before?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:45:22 2010 No.655815 Macbeth is pretty fun to read. I enjoy it a lot, and it's pretty short and fast-paced.

Clammy !yl3K3xulPc Mon May 10 23:46:22 2010 No.655820

>>655809
Outside of the stuff I was required to read for school, no. I've always been interested in reading more of his works, but when someone told me that Berserk was apparently inspired by Macbeth I was all "Shit nigga, I gotta read dat."

Been reading a lot lately anyways. I just don't find much entertainment in life anymore. I guess reading books fills the void or something.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:49:22 2010 No.655829 Macbeth dies.

>>	Clammy !yl3K3xulPc Mon May 10 23:50:22 2010 No.655833 File: 9 KB, 240x240, 1268973799407.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>655829

Anonymous Mon May 10 23:52:22 2010 No.655845

>>655820
I think you'll enjoy it. It's one of my favorites. I even played Lady Macbeth in a high school production once, which was really fun.

If you can, try to find an edition with footnotes that helps explain stuff here and there. It helps when you can't actually stop and look up the meanings behind the references.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:53:22 2010 No.655852 File: 115 KB, 435x435, 1265810450600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>655829

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:53:22 2010 No.655853 >>655820 Read the Folger's version. It explains all the archaic words and puns and expressions.

>>	Clammy !yl3K3xulPc Mon May 10 23:58:22 2010 No.655875 >>655845 >>655853 That's probably a good idea. Noted.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 10 23:59:22 2010 No.655884 theres a skull in it

>>	Anonymous Tue May 11 00:01:22 2010 No.655902 Berserk is like Macbeth but awesome.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 11 00:02:22 2010 No.655907 File: 106 KB, 298x335, displeased_vonnegut.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>655884 That's Hamlet.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 11 00:03:22 2010 No.655912 >>655902 more like broserk featuring bro broski right?

>>	Clammy !yl3K3xulPc Tue May 11 00:04:22 2010 No.655928 File: 172 KB, 1000x800, 1272998072668.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fucking god dammit, where is chapter 313.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 11 00:05:22 2010 No.655931 Awesomeness; the same you would expect with ALMOST all of Shakespeare's work.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 11 00:06:22 2010 No.655939 File: 71 KB, 407x405, Troll-Face-THE-GAME.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>655907

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