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Ali07
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:31 pm
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What, now I need to know latin to read manga?!?!?!
Thanks for that, had no idea and was just scratching my head when I read it.
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Alan45
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:54 am
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Ali07 wrote:
Quote: | What, now I need to know latin to read manga?!?!?! |
No, just Shakespeare. I'll admit that I'm only familiar with it because we read it in 8th grade. You probably had some other "great book" or in this case play.
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tuxedocat
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:09 pm
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Alan45 wrote: | we read it in 8th grade. |
Yeah, our class read it in the 5th or 6th grade and did an abridged version of the play.
I don't know if public schools teach much Shakespeare any more. Maybe only Romeo and Juliet. Julius Ceasar isn't on the radar anymore, I guess...
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Ali07
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:27 pm
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Alan45 wrote: | Ali07 wrote:
Quote: | What, now I need to know latin to read manga?!?!?! |
No, just Shakespeare.  I'll admit that I'm only familiar with it because we read it in 8th grade. You probably had some other "great book" or in this case play. |
Think we covered Shakespeare in 7th grade...though, that was around 10 years ago...
Let's say I never became a fan of Shakespeare's works...though I did like the Blast of Tempest anime... How superficial of me.
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Princess_Irene
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:19 am
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The Shakespeare that tends to get cover in high school (in New England, anyway) is Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet, with a few instances of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Poor old Caesar is pretty much off the syllabus, although you do see Othello at times.
I actually almost mentioned the "Et tu, Brute" reference, but then I decided that I'm a big enough non-manga literature geek in this column.
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Alan45
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:43 am
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In Pennsylvania in the mid 1960s we got Julius Cesar in 8th grade and Macbeth in 12th. While I was in college the Zeffirelli version of Romeo and Juliet came out and we got to see the Burton/Taylor Taming of the Shrew as well. For obvious reasons the movie versions were a whole lot more fun.
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Ali07
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:05 am
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Princess_Irene wrote: | I actually almost mentioned the "Et tu, Brute" reference, but then I decided that I'm a big enough non-manga literature geek in this column. |
Would you believe me that I've run into the "Et tu" line again? Strange coincidence, as it was used near the end of volume 6 of the Mayo Chiki manga.
If I didn't know any better, I'd be thinking that I should prepare to see the line used regularly!
At least I now know what it means!
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