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Date Posted: 00:37:38 02/20/08 Wed
Author: Kayla Hoyt
Subject: Re: What would Hamlet sound like if it were written now?
In reply to: keder 's message, "What would Hamlet sound like if it were written now?" on 22:43:35 02/10/08 Sun

I agree that Shakespeare is very hard to understand and it takes much more effort to read, but I wouldn't agree that it isn't very good, Shakespeare has a command over the English language that I think no one has surpassed, at least in the vernacular in which he is writing. Especially with the multiple denotations/ connotations of the words that he uses, it gives so many different meanings to what each character is saying, and it gives a play on words that makes the play that much more interesting to analyze.

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