tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post8774469859075043813..comments2023-08-08T05:57:03.006-07:00Comments on An Infinite Mind: So Just Why Do People Like Shakespeare So Much?R. R. http://www.blogger.com/profile/13557584667753454885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post-32144524262047820832016-01-14T19:32:55.132-08:002016-01-14T19:32:55.132-08:00Please tell me more about the bear-baiting, that s...Please tell me more about the bear-baiting, that sounds infinitely more relatable. <br /><br />I think the real answer to "why does everyone like Shakespeare" is simple: having read or otherwise tolerated the Shakespearean-experience the recipient, finding no immediate gratification in the ordeal will set the mind to deriving any tangible benefit from the time commitment. <br /><br />The most accessible benefit turns out to be the feeling of superiority through exclusivity in having endured something that someone else is unaware of. It therefore most be immediately proclaimed to be a thing worth knowing so as to ascribe value in this acquired knowledge. Later, when those around you have also experienced the same waste of time, it is important to double-down on your initial statements. This raises the proclaimer to a higher intellectual status. Surely, if they claim that an indecipherable and mundane story is somehow Earth-shattering the failure to recognize these traits must lie in my own intellect. This is also why Citizen Kane is such a great film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post-39852171649705451352013-12-22T07:37:01.071-08:002013-12-22T07:37:01.071-08:00I've never read ANY of Shakespeare's books...I've never read ANY of Shakespeare's books, at all. So my knowledge of him is nonexistent. In other words, I neither hate him nor love him. I simply don't know anything about him and was curious, which is what led me here. <br /><br />Anyways, I am not familiar with classical English, but I do plan (maybe) on taking an English major alongside Psychology, which is the main major I am interested in. The reason why I give a thought into taking an English major is because I feel it would help me in the long run plus in my conversational/ writing skills, which may help in any career. Any advises? I somehow immediately feel like English major involves at least knowing Shakespeare which I don't in the slightest bit, and it makes me apprehensive about taking English major. Humairah Alkaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301642322956258026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post-36803489737379467272013-08-26T04:37:45.033-07:002013-08-26T04:37:45.033-07:00Most of those are the reasons I dislike the bard. ...Most of those are the reasons I dislike the bard. Especially the bad jokes. Or is it the melodrama, or the bad biblically-styled poetry, it's so hard to choose. Maybe it's his pure bigotry - as discussed in A History of Racism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post-21264068243718685982013-06-17T16:52:49.958-07:002013-06-17T16:52:49.958-07:00You couldn't have posted this like, a couple w...You couldn't have posted this like, a couple weeks ago when I was writing my essay on him/MSND? ;)Briannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548217576872805955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651811989109530847.post-13890562972305147222013-06-15T16:19:20.577-07:002013-06-15T16:19:20.577-07:00Well, if I agree with one thing, it is that you ar...Well, if I agree with one thing, it is that you are a piece of work, sir.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797485444727976121noreply@blogger.com