tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post3441870679493477975..comments2023-10-09T07:04:49.539-07:00Comments on Writing: I definitely smell a pork product of some kindfranzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-14462261161217292132008-11-18T23:32:00.000-08:002008-11-18T23:32:00.000-08:00the 327th male. Well if it looks like elitism, and...the 327th male. Well if it looks like elitism, and it walks like elitism, and it quacks like elitism, then maybe its elitism.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039061025128321476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-20979140514942678322008-11-15T18:20:00.000-08:002008-11-15T18:20:00.000-08:00BashfulDocDopeyGrumpyHappySleepySneezyBashful<BR/>Doc<BR/>Dopey<BR/>Grumpy<BR/>Happy<BR/>Sleepy<BR/>SneezyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-1466538631215762502008-11-15T02:18:00.000-08:002008-11-15T02:18:00.000-08:00The seven story structures?Someone dies at the end...The seven story structures?<BR/><BR/>Someone dies at the end<BR/>Someone doesn't die at the end<BR/>Someone dies at the end but they had it coming<BR/>Someone has sex at the end but it's implied<BR/>Someone neither has sex nor dies at the end, but bugger off<BR/>Everything works out<BR/>Everything doesn't work out, but you have to make your own mind up as to the ending because it's a bit arty and they write about a vase instead of literally telling you<BR/><BR/>That's my English class coveredMiles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-63409186234167478442008-11-13T23:03:00.000-08:002008-11-13T23:03:00.000-08:00"I definitely smell a pork product of some kind" H..."I definitely smell a pork product of some kind" Heh, me too. The people in the unit behind us are barbecuing bacon.<BR/>shakespeare was a plagiarist? Meh. Who cares. Presumably he enjoyed his work, since then, hundreds of people have enjoyed portraying his characters on stage and screen, thousands, nay, millions of people have enjoyed watching such portrayals and English students the world over have enjoyed or made fun of the dissection of his works. The man employed a lot of people. That's not to be sneezed at.<BR/>Those elitist people put their pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us........Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-89598614596060934182008-11-13T17:11:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:11:00.000-08:00The Bard is The Man!It was common for writers to c...The Bard is The Man!<BR/><BR/>It was common for writers to collaborate on things back then and so nothing really surprising there<BR/><BR/>http://poetsquib.com/2008/04/01/all-im-saying-shakey/#more-605squibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-11264033613095858782008-11-13T16:37:00.000-08:002008-11-13T16:37:00.000-08:00Neil - I think you'll find that it wasn't that guy...Neil - I think you'll find that it wasn't that guy, but a different guy all together. With the same name.<BR/><BR/>Shippy - Hey, there's no painting of me either, but I'm still around.<BR/><BR/>Or AM I???<BR/><BR/>On The Da Vinci Code and all the ensuing lawsuits, I think Mele said it best when she pointed out that bored Christians have been putting about the "Jesus had a kid" rumour since Jesus was old enough to pick up chicks.<BR/><BR/>327 - Perhaps he's taking issue with your derision of Shakespeare fans. After all, they are only elite if they are, in fact, higher up than the rest of us. Which, no matter how snobby they get over El Bardo, we know they aren't. These Shakespeare snobs (I'm still not sure who you mean) are just like any other fan.<BR/><BR/>And while I'm on the topic - Classical over Popular Music?<BR/>What would you prefer to listen to?<BR/>Beethoven or Pink?<BR/><BR/>Kath, love - I was just slipping that in so she wouldn't feel intimidated by my constently perfect grammar and spelling.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-61229287608735912692008-11-13T15:42:00.000-08:002008-11-13T15:42:00.000-08:00Franzy love, if you're going to correct Squib on a...Franzy love, if you're going to correct Squib on a previous comments section for writing 'would of' instead of 'would have' (which I noticed too by the way but was too polite/scared to point out due to my own littered footpath of typos and ignorance), then you might want to amend the word 'arguement' to 'argument'. :)Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-23339746653067144852008-11-13T15:21:00.000-08:002008-11-13T15:21:00.000-08:00Indeed I am confused neil. Are you suggesting that...Indeed I am confused neil. Are you suggesting that my disdain for elitism is in itself, elitism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-73379493707438094802008-11-13T13:56:00.000-08:002008-11-13T13:56:00.000-08:00There still exists no painting of William, young o...There still exists no painting of William, young or old, none that can be confidently confirmed to be him.<BR/><BR/>On the topic, wasn't The Da-Vinci Code by Dan Brown adopted from another book written by some other dudes.<BR/><BR/>Franzy - never stimulating enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-22254266251337055372008-11-13T04:03:00.000-08:002008-11-13T04:03:00.000-08:00There is very strong evidence, presented by some o...There is very strong evidence, presented by some of the finest students of Shakespeare, for the fact that all those plays were not written by him, but by another guy of the same name.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039061025128321476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-66470035095031119622008-11-13T03:47:00.000-08:002008-11-13T03:47:00.000-08:00Here's your plot summary.And here's your similarit...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Shannara#Plot_summary" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Here's your plot summary.</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Shannara#Similarities_between_Sword_and_The_Lord_of_the_Rings" REL="nofollow"><BR/>And here's your similarities between SoS and LOTR.</A><BR/><BR/>You're welcome, darling.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-54797726574635928482008-11-13T03:42:00.000-08:002008-11-13T03:42:00.000-08:00Okay, everyone. Shakespeare did borrow a few thing...Okay, everyone. Shakespeare did borrow a few things (if indeed it WAS Shakespeare that wrote any of it, or the next-likely candidate, Christopher Marlowe)but he's nowhere near as much as a plagiarist as Terry Brooks, who proved that rewriting the lord of the rings can make you one of the world's best selling authors.There is just NO WAY that the Sword of Shannara is NOT LOTR. Hell, even Peter Jackson's screenplay of LOTR has more deviations from the original LOTR books than Shannara does...ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but check out Shannara's wikipedia plot summary and its comparisons to LOTR. Now THAT's plagiarism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-17470675240669929112008-11-13T03:19:00.000-08:002008-11-13T03:19:00.000-08:00Shippy - You got it. But one point only - repetiti...Shippy - You got it. But one point only - repetitions don't count.<BR/>Actually, I was thinking of a more developed list, but I like this better because it's even further condensed.<BR/><BR/>327 - What elitist Shakespeare fans have you been hanging around? Seriously, I'd love to meet one.<BR/><BR/>Kath - I loved Shakespeare when I studied it in high school. I had never heard anything so densely packed with meaning and wit. I don't if it's unfashionable, elitist, plagiarised, overly-complex or brainlessly simple. I always feel like I've had a good bit of brain food when I watch some Shakespeare.<BR/>When we went to see the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet at the cinema in year twelve, I was the only one complaining that we were watching the edited two hour version, rather than the complete, four hours.<BR/><BR/>Neil - Indeed. 327?<BR/><BR/>Shippy - Hydrocarbons not stimulating enough, eh?franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-91777074508748020612008-11-13T01:52:00.000-08:002008-11-13T01:52:00.000-08:00King Lear inspired by an earlier version of King L...King Lear inspired by an earlier version of King Leir.<BR/><BR/>His Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet based on a poem by Arthur Brooke The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet (1562) and in turn prior to that by Italian Matteo Bandello.<BR/><BR/>As You Like It - Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge.<BR/><BR/>However, Love's Labour's Lost, Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest were original.<BR/><BR/>He also took and modified passages from Marlowe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-35851462851871632852008-11-12T23:25:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:25:00.000-08:00people who deride popular music have stench - but ...people who deride popular music have stench - but I hate elitism ??? Now there's a confused maleUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039061025128321476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-28636230872990538602008-11-12T22:57:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:57:00.000-08:00Gotta agree with the 327th Male on this one, and, ...Gotta agree with the 327th Male on this one, and, of people, Prince Charles. He confessed a few years ago that Shakespeare left him "largely unmoved." Me too - I'm all for the recycling of the classic storylines (no idea what the remaining four are though) but to have to wade through some Monarch Notes in order to work out that Macbeth was a tad henpecked wasn't my idea of fun. And I majored in English!Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-21766973793680169932008-11-12T22:31:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:31:00.000-08:00I always hated the elitism some shakespeare fans r...I always hated the elitism some shakespeare fans reek of. The i-like-this-because-you-can't-understand-it attitude. It's the same stench that comes from classical music fans that deride popular music.<BR/><BR/>The reverence of it is bullshit. The plots are bullshit too, perhaps shakespeare should have written his own rather than rip them off. Romeo and juliet meet once for half an hour and then they are confessing their undying love for one another in soppy soliloquies. Instead of feeling the tragedy of it, I am relieved at the end of their whinging.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying shakespeare is crap, just that it's overrated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-89528936346439023312008-11-12T22:11:00.001-08:002008-11-12T22:11:00.001-08:00No idea, me enlishg no good.Character Crucible Cat...No idea, me enlishg no good.<BR/><BR/>Character <BR/>Crucible <BR/>Catalyst <BR/>Cause and effect <BR/>Complications <BR/>Crisis <BR/>Climax<BR/>Change<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>a character <BR/>in a context <BR/>has a problem <BR/>s/he tries to solve the problem <BR/>and fails — tries and fails twice more, stakes escalating <BR/>victory or death <BR/>validation (denouement)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-58012713106452578462008-11-12T22:11:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:11:00.000-08:00No idea, me enlishg no good.Character Crucible Cat...No idea, me enlishg no good.<BR/><BR/>Character <BR/>Crucible <BR/>Catalyst <BR/>Cause and effect <BR/>Complications <BR/>Crisis <BR/>Climax<BR/>Change<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>a character <BR/>in a context <BR/>has a problem <BR/>s/he tries to solve the problem <BR/>and fails — tries and fails twice more, stakes escalating <BR/>victory or death <BR/>validation (denouement)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-46839443546107284372008-11-12T22:10:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:10:00.000-08:00No idea, me enlishg no good.Character Crucible Cat...No idea, me enlishg no good.<BR/><BR/>Character <BR/>Crucible <BR/>Catalyst <BR/>Cause and effect <BR/>Complications <BR/>Crisis <BR/>Climax<BR/>ChangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-22153227641378601352008-11-12T22:09:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:09:00.000-08:00No idea, me enlishg no good.Character Crucible Cat...No idea, me enlishg no good.<BR/><BR/>Character <BR/>Crucible <BR/>Catalyst <BR/>Cause and effect <BR/>Complications <BR/>Crisis <BR/>Climax<BR/>ChangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com