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<blockquote data-quote="ForceUser" data-source="post: 2785889" data-attributes="member: 2785"><p>Herremann,</p><p></p><p>Thank you (and, belatedly, thanks to everyone else who's shared kind comments!) I love writing.</p><p></p><p>That is a <em>great</em> story! It brought a smile to my face, so let me share one of my own. When I was 14, my English teacher led us into <em>Romeo & Juliet</em>; my first experience with the bard. After reading and discussing the play for a week, as well as watching the classic Roman Polanski film version, she made us go home over a weekend, commanding us to commit ten lines to memory--any ten lines we wanted from anywhere in the play. On Monday, one after another, sullen children slouched up to the front of the classroom to mumble half-hearted and ill-remembered verse. When my turn came, I strode up nervously, but belted out Romeo's entire opening speech from Act 2 scene 2, the one that begins "<em>But soft, what light from yonder window breaks?</em>" I fixed my gaze on a point in the back corner of the room and vigorously intoned all 34 lines while waving my arms dramatically. When I finished, everyone just stared at me until Mrs. Beatty started clapping. I seem to recall bewilderment from my peers, a sort of "Where the heck did <em>that</em> come from?" response. It was then that I knew I <em>loved</em> Shakespeare.</p><p> </p><p>In your story, I'd have been the geek sitting in the front row who "got it" without the teacher having to metaphorically slap me across the face--had I been in your class, the scenario would have included the following:</p><p></p><p><strong>Look here at ForceUser's paper! <u>This</u> is how you address Shakespeare!</strong> And I'd have sunk low in my chair, mortified at the glares from my classmates, but secretly thrilled at the recognition.</p><p></p><p>Literature! I love this stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForceUser, post: 2785889, member: 2785"] Herremann, Thank you (and, belatedly, thanks to everyone else who's shared kind comments!) I love writing. That is a [i]great[/i] story! It brought a smile to my face, so let me share one of my own. When I was 14, my English teacher led us into [i]Romeo & Juliet[/i]; my first experience with the bard. After reading and discussing the play for a week, as well as watching the classic Roman Polanski film version, she made us go home over a weekend, commanding us to commit ten lines to memory--any ten lines we wanted from anywhere in the play. On Monday, one after another, sullen children slouched up to the front of the classroom to mumble half-hearted and ill-remembered verse. When my turn came, I strode up nervously, but belted out Romeo's entire opening speech from Act 2 scene 2, the one that begins "[i]But soft, what light from yonder window breaks?[/i]" I fixed my gaze on a point in the back corner of the room and vigorously intoned all 34 lines while waving my arms dramatically. When I finished, everyone just stared at me until Mrs. Beatty started clapping. I seem to recall bewilderment from my peers, a sort of "Where the heck did [i]that[/i] come from?" response. It was then that I knew I [i]loved[/i] Shakespeare. In your story, I'd have been the geek sitting in the front row who "got it" without the teacher having to metaphorically slap me across the face--had I been in your class, the scenario would have included the following: [b]Look here at ForceUser's paper! [u]This[/u] is how you address Shakespeare![/b] And I'd have sunk low in my chair, mortified at the glares from my classmates, but secretly thrilled at the recognition. Literature! I love this stuff. [/QUOTE]
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