tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post6477648695271883784..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: The Macbeth SonnetsDuane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-711377366607078282008-07-20T23:05:00.000-04:002008-07-20T23:05:00.000-04:00I think it's a nutty idea. It gives students a mis...I think it's a nutty idea. It gives students a misguided idea of what the sonnets are about and teaches them to stretch material to fit a theory--a very dangerous lesson should any of them turn out to be budding literary critics!<BR/>If you want them to have fun imagining what the characters might say to each other, you may as well have them play MadLibs.<BR/>--Carlcatkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829033804624219274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-87799462979459637832008-07-20T19:37:00.000-04:002008-07-20T19:37:00.000-04:00I can't tell if you guys like the idea for its cre...I can't tell if you guys like the idea for its creativity, or think she's it's nuts?Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-744545516079977302008-07-20T15:02:00.000-04:002008-07-20T15:02:00.000-04:00I wish I could say that this is the wackiest readi...I wish I could say that this is the wackiest reading of the Sonnets I've heard of...<BR/><BR/>I think the way to crown this exercise would be to have the students then read the same sonnets in a different context altogether, and see how the meaning changes when they bring a different perspective to the text. An interesting corrective to every fool who wants to "prove" a particular set of Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-38134336695884993392008-07-20T08:54:00.000-04:002008-07-20T08:54:00.000-04:00Wow, has this high school teacher found an intrigu...Wow, has this high school teacher found an intriguing way of taking The Sonnets out of context! Many sonnets can certainly be charming enough on their own as individual poems that can be used to suit a particular context, and Sonnet 71 is the best example of what one might imagine as a correspondence between the Macbeths, at least until you get to the couplet. But how can one explain that? Is it catkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829033804624219274noreply@blogger.com