Shakespeare ! I finished!!

[Nicky.]

OMG!

Im seriously going to blow a fuse in a minute xD :mad:

Why do we need to learn Shakespeare?? I mean, its not like Im going to use that language again xD.

We're doing Macbeth at the moment, and my teacher just expects everyone to understand because we're the 'top set'. It dosn't mean I know how to speak 'dsifoifds' language! :mad:

I actually think some of them understand it, which is CRAZY! We've just got up to the part we're someone died in a castle (I wanna say Duncan?), and now we have to write a newspaper article on it.. that fills an A3 sheet of paper, so about 4 pages in our book.. now Im sorry, but ffs! I dont even know whats going on!! Its not even english! (Well, I know it is, but not modern times english!)

Grrr!! I have to finish all 4 pages for homework for Monday, and Ive done like half a page and TOTALLY stuck :sad:, and my teacher wasnt in today, so we had a supply teacher! I cant even ask her for help :( So I will write a little bit, and then go in and say its all jibberish to me xD

Hehe - Rant over!

[Scarlett.]

Thee does need to calm'eth down :P
Thy suggests you tell you teacher to eff off

One suggests you fill the article with crap'eth

[supernoodles!]

oh i feel for you!we did macbeth in yr 9 for our sats.To this day i have NO idea what its about yet i somehow managed to blag my way to a level 7 hehe!The worst bit about those shakespere lessons was that our teacher actually made us act out macbeth!Its like in another flippin language!
good luck with your hw and don`t worry about it im sure everything will be fine:spin2:

[Nicky.]

I hope everything will be fine.. but mum knows I find it all jibberish, so I'll just ask her to help me or get a note, ororor I might take the p**s in the article and write the little interviews we have to do in snfisdfs language and be really annoying xD Im good at that xD

LOL Laura xD I wish I could blag it to a level 7! Mine will be like level 4 if Im lucky xD

and I'll take the advise and tell my teacher.. thanks Chewy xD

x

[Shaun]

A lot of our current language came from Shakespeare - he invented a lot of new words.

[Nicky.]

Lol Shaun xD

Was I caught red handed? xD or whatever it is..

Thats another thing that my teacher goes on and on about xD I HATE IT ! xD

[supernoodles!]

aw i wouldn`t worry about it sats are like agggggeees off!i thought you were in like yr 11 or something though =/
i still don`t know how i managed to get a 7,it was probably a mistake lol!Actually i just thought of something,whenever we had to study a play or novel in english my mam used to get me these books which basically explained it all in a simpler form haha!in otherwords in ENGLISH!they were really good and there not that expensive i don`t think.

[Scarlett.]

The movie with the naked witches was scary D::yuk:

[Sam]

We're doing Hamlet, which isn't really as bad as I thought it would be.

[Princess]

I never really disliked Shakespeare,we had to learn Irish-5 classes a week of a language people never speak which was very infruriating.

[Callum]

I actually LOVE Shakespeare's work. Romeo and Juliet is such an amazingly written play, along with Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc etc. He's a legend.

[Karenness!]

Im doin Romeo and Juliet AGAIN! Lmao
I did it in Year 10 nd wrote an essay on it nd now again in Year 11
My teacher reads into it too much nd gets all technical lol :conf:

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Callum
I actually LOVE Shakespeare's work. Romeo and Juliet is such an amazingly written play, along with Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc etc. He's a legend.

romeo and juliet wasn't that brilliant, it's actually regarded as one of his worst plays. :P. but it's pretty good! :D

I've read Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and a Midsummer Nights Dream, and i've performed in Much ado about Nothing.

Nicky, you should learn about Shakespeare, Macbeth isn't my favourite play, but it's brilliant.
I never understand people who say they can't understand Shakespeare. Fair enough, I might have found that at the first page, but you soon get the hang of it, and to improve your english you should look back at much better versions OF English to benefit you, seriously.

[Nicky.]

Lol Laura - I dont do SATs because I live in Wales :) Im in year 10 now x

I absoultely hate this.. argh.. how am I supposed to do like half a term on it.. when I dont even understand it xD Grr xD

We watched the film in year 9, everyone was so amused when all the witches were naked xD!

I is going to go on the net and has a look for Macbeth in english :spin2:

[Shaun]

The Tempest is AWFUL, but I like Macbeth and Henry V.

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Callum
I actually LOVE Shakespeare's work. Romeo and Juliet is such an amazingly written play, along with Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc etc. He's a legend.

romeo and juliet wasn't that brilliant, it's actually regarded as one of his worst plays. :P. but it's pretty good! :D

I've read Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and a Midsummer Nights Dream, and i've performed in Much ado about Nothing.

Nicky, you should learn about Shakespeare, Macbeth isn't my favourite play, but it's brilliant.
I never understand people who say they can't understand Shakespeare. Fair enough, I might have found that at the first page, but you soon get the hang of it, and to improve your english you should look back at much better versions OF English to benefit you, seriously.


But Im not intested in it really either, so I just look sitting into thing air xD My friend said read it and I'll understand xD So I tried and got distracted by the hands on my watch going round! SO much more interesting!! :spin2: :tongue:

[Spike]

His work is amazing but I just hate studying it, I don't see the point and really want to be doing anything else in the world than studying it.

[hannah.]

there's a film version set in like the 90s but with the same language. Try to get hold of it, it REALLY helps you understand what's going on seeing it live. I hated it at first but now it's one of my favourites. I really like shakespeare

[hannah.]

Originally posted by Spike
His work is amazing but I just hate studying it, I don't see the point and really want to be doing anything else in the world than studying it.

I agree with that actually

[Fom]

Originally posted by Nickyy
OMG!

Im seriously going to blow a fuse in a minute xD :mad:

Why do we need to learn Shakespeare?? I mean, its not like Im going to use that language again xD.

We're doing Macbeth at the moment, and my teacher just expects everyone to understand because we're the 'top set'. It dosn't mean I know how to speak 'dsifoifds' language! :mad:

I actually think some of them understand it, which is CRAZY! We've just got up to the part we're someone died in a castle (I want to say Duncan?), and now we have to write a newspaper article on it.. that fills an A3 sheet of paper, so about 4 pages in our book.. now Im sorry, but ffs! I dont even know whats going on!! Its not even english! (Well, I know it is, but not modern times english!)

Grrr!! I have to finish all 4 pages for homework for Monday, and Ive done like half a page and TOTALLY stuck :sad:, and my teacher wasnt in today, so we had a supply teacher! I cant even ask her for help :( So I will write a little bit, and then go in and say its all jibberish to me xD

Hehe - Rant over!

Well you owe a lot of respect to shakespeare as he pretty much invented half of the words you say! He was an amazing poet and writer and his legend deserves to live on, a lot of people dont give Williams work a chance. You dont know it now but if you studied his work you would sit in awe at his writing.

I know I am biased because I am an Actor but its moments like this that make Shakespeare amazing!:

O Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo...


...What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;

Juliet is saying here "Why are you called Romeo, Why are you Romeo Montague. If you was called anything else you would just be as fantastic as you are, just as if a Rose was called a Shittyfarty bum bum flower, it would still smell as sweet.

Just give the text chance :P And really read between the lines!

[Loukas]

LOL! We are too, but not at the moment. At the moment we are studying the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Anyone know of it?

:tongue:

[hannah.]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
LOL! We are too, but not at the moment. At the moment we are studying the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Anyone know of it?

:tongue:

I'm gonna be doing that too for college. What's it like?

[Loukas]

Originally posted by hannahhhh
Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
LOL! We are too, but not at the moment. At the moment we are studying the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Anyone know of it?

:tongue:

I'm going to be doing that too for college. What's it like?

It's good!! We are reading the play and also watching the film. The film is slightly different from the play. It has 3 main characters, Blanche, Stella and Stanley.In the opening, Blanche is visiting her sister, Stella, Stella is married to this polish man called Stanley. I wont give to much away, but i smell affair :P

[Llamajohn]

I did Macbeth in Y9 and Romeo and Juliet for GCSE.

Compared to WUTHERING BLEEDIN HEIGHTS..its a doddle :)

[hannah.]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
Originally posted by hannahhhh
Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
LOL! We are too, but not at the moment. At the moment we are studying the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Anyone know of it?

:tongue:

I'm going to be doing that too for college. What's it like?

It's good!! We are reading the play and also watching the film. The film is slightly different from the play. It has 3 main characters, Blanche, Stella and Stanley.In the opening, Blanche is visiting her sister, Stella, Stella is married to this polish man called Stanley. I wont give to much away, but i smell affair :P

Cool! We're doing Enduring Love by Ian McEwan at the moment. I've only read 2 chapters but it seems pretty good.. I love English literature up until the point where essays are involved. I don't find them particularly difficult but I don't seem to be as good at explaining my thoughts about things on paper as I am in my head :laugh:

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
LOL! We are too, but not at the moment. At the moment we are studying the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Anyone know of it?

:tongue:


Lol! I think we does the same thing because its GCSE work..

Good luck! xD

I found this website that explains it in english!

[Deirdre]

"Yea, noise,then I'll be brief;
O, happy dagger!
This is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die."

That's when Juliet dies.. I loved that play

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by patheticfool
"Yea, noise,then I'll be brief;
O, happy dagger!
This is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die."

That's when Juliet dies.. I loved that play

I understood R & J.. I had a different teacher and she helped me :)

I actually enjoyed that :bouncy:

[Deirdre]

Only when it's explained, you actually get what's going on!

[Tom4784]

I think Shakespeare's brilliant. I love Hamlet, My absolute favourite. In School I did Macbeth every year inbetween year 6-9 I know that play so well. For GCSE we did Hamlet but I'm pretty knowledgable on Romeo and Juilliet since I like it a lot and the film with Claire danes and Leonardo DiCaprio is one of my favourites.

If you need any help just ask and i'll try to help the best I can. :thumbs:

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[Nicky.]

oo right! Thanks Dezzy!

I managed to do my essay on Duncans death, it was short and sweet xD

Will give you's a shout when Im stuck again.. wont be long me thinks !

[xDramatick]

I LOVE Shakespeare!

Macbeth<3 I absolutely loved doing it.
If you need a hand Nickyy, feel free to drop me a message or something =]

I can't wait until we do the Shakespeare Theatre unit at college.
-dork-

[pinkmichk]

i loved doing shakespeare at school he wrote some amazing plays etc

[Jakeh]

How can you not understand Shakespeare?!

We're doing Romeo and Juliet at the moment and I understand it all. It's fantastic stuff.

[Nicky.]

My teacher said to us today that we better start thinking about our essays..

ESSAYS!!???

Grr!

I will drop a few of you some messages.. be warned :tongue: xx

(Thanks !)

&& Ive done R & J and A Midsummer nights dream, soo much easier to understand!!

:shrug:

[Killian]

We've only done The Merchant of Venice -- it's left a poor impression on me. I would've loved to do Romeo and Juliet, though.

[xDramatick]

Originally posted by Nickyy
&& Ive done R & J and A Midsummer nights dream, soo much easier to understand!!

I've done both of those in the past =D

[Sam!]

We did Macbeth for coursework :(

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Nickyy
OMG!

Im seriously going to blow a fuse in a minute xD :mad:

Why do we need to learn Shakespeare?? I mean, its not like Im going to use that language again xD.

We're doing Macbeth at the moment, and my teacher just expects everyone to understand because we're the 'top set'. It dosn't mean I know how to speak 'dsifoifds' language! :mad:

I actually think some of them understand it, which is CRAZY! We've just got up to the part we're someone died in a castle (I want to say Duncan?), and now we have to write a newspaper article on it.. that fills an A3 sheet of paper, so about 4 pages in our book.. now Im sorry, but ffs! I dont even know whats going on!! Its not even english! (Well, I know it is, but not modern times english!)

Grrr!! I have to finish all 4 pages for homework for Monday, and Ive done like half a page and TOTALLY stuck :sad:, and my teacher wasnt in today, so we had a supply teacher! I cant even ask her for help :( So I will write a little bit, and then go in and say its all jibberish to me xD

Hehe - Rant over!

Same as me. She thinks we behave all nice and polite cause we're topset. HAHA.

[BigSister]

Ive done a bit of Shakespeare I did Macbeth at y9 Romeo and juliet at years 10/11 and Twelth night at uni. Also did Othello at college

[Hugo]

I did 'Much Ado About Nothing'
It was ok.

[Z]

I've done A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Othello and Antony and Cleopatra - I love Shakespeare, it's all we do at school! You have to just get into the way of understanding it, it's like anything else, you have to practice before you really get it.

[Nicky.]

I was off school ill today, and good news.. they finished it!!

Whoopp!

The work starts now though :\

We're watching the movie tomorrow :bouncy: x

[BigSister]

which one Nicky ive seen 2 versions of it

[Tom]

LOL

We did Macbeth for our SAT's and have no idea what its about but still got a level 7, I know theres Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo but thats about as far as my knowledge for that stretches ...

Then I did Romeo & Juliet for coursework but we told our teacher we didn't understand so she just wrote the answers on the board, which we had to memorise (because that coursework was done by an interview) so I genuinely have no idea what happened there either, just I know the ending.

And thats it tbh. Oh I remember doing a Midsummer Nights Dream in primary, I liked that though, we went to see a modern version which was more like a panto :colour:

Oh and the last one, I remember we did a couple of his poems for GCSE, no idea what they meant. But the poem about him I can remember, but only because it was dirty and sexual :joker:

[Nicky.]

Im not sure, BigSis x Ive seen one already, only half though, I have a weak stomach so I got out of watching the grusome bits xD xx

&& LOL Tom - looks like you got out of doing the hard work onit xD!!

[Christina]

So far weve done A midsummers nights dream, Much to do about nothing and Romeo and Juliet. I agree it is annoying but once you know what there saying SOMETIMES it isnt too bad x

[Jen]

I love shakespeare...


But I'm weird.

[Fom]

After I have finished my run of '1984' I am joining a Shakespeare company :)
And I will be working with them for the rest of the year.

[Nicky.]

Omg *dies*

Tomorrow we're starting our study on it :\

Has anyone got a free moment tonight ? I seriously need to get the jist of it, I know the basic storyline lol, its just I dont wanna seem a complete plonker tomorrow in school when all my mates are writing like mad and Im just like :\ xD

Thank you!

[Ninastar]

Originally posted by Nickyy
Omg *dies*

Tomorrow we're starting our study on it :\

Has anyone got a free moment tonight ? I seriously need to get the jist of it, I know the basic storyline lol, its just I dont want to seem a complete plonker tomorrow in school when all my mates are writing like mad and Im just like :\ xD

Thank you!

* gives CPR *

[Locke.]

LOL

I remember how much I hated doing Shakespeare in school.

[Nicky.]

LOL!

Im gonna need CPR!!

Helpp xD LOL! x

[Fom]

Nickyy if you need any help just let me know I have done a little bit of work on it before, I start my shakespeare company next week also and we are going to be studying the language and sonnets so let me know :)

[Nicky.]

I HAVE FINISHED!

All 6 and a half pages ! xD

I started it on 2nd October.. wrote 4 pages, then today we were told it had to be in on Friday, so I just wrote like 2 and a half pages about the witches xD!

Im proud! Some dude in my class wrote 9 and a half pages! So that spurred me on and told me I needed to write more than 4 pages lol! xXx

Thanks Dupin, Darenn and Fom who helped me in my essay of need! xD

[Sam!]

Woop Nickyy!! Was this coursework yeh? For my four essays I had to do for coursework I did like 800/1000 words an essay which aint that much. PEA/PEE AHHH

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by Scampi
Woop Nickyy!! Was this coursework yeh? For my four essays I had to do for coursework I did like 800/1000 words an essay which aint that much. PEA/PEE AHHH

Yush it was!

But we got it over and done with, some other classes are still reading it! (The middle sets)

Im so proud! Even though its terrible!

When the 9 page dude gave his in, he said its not very good, there's jus alot of it, and my teacher said oh dont worry about it, anything has to be better than the one Ive just marked!

So hopefully its better than whoevers that was!

One problem I have is I just write and write, and forget stuff, so its all scribbles and crossed out and *'s! lol x

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Nickyy
Originally posted by Scampi
Woop Nickyy!! Was this coursework yeh? For my four essays I had to do for coursework I did like 800/1000 words an essay which aint that much. PEA/PEE AHHH

Yush it was!

But we got it over and done with, some other classes are still reading it! (The middle sets)

Im so proud! Even though its terrible!

When the 9 page dude gave his in, he said its not very good, there's jus alot of it, and my teacher said oh dont worry about it, anything has to be better than the one Ive just marked!

So hopefully its better than whoevers that was!

One problem I have is I just write and write, and forget stuff, so its all scribbles and crossed out and *'s! lol x

Didn't you do it on the pc??? loll. We got to give our coursework in, she corrected bits and then she gave it back to implement. I have A's and a B in my coursework so far yey. Just one more to implement and I'm done.

[Hugo]

LOL. Do you do it by hand??!!
We do a draft she corrects all the mistakes and tells us to add stuff and then gives it back. So you have to write yours out again o_O!!
I just correct mine on the computer and its pretty hard not to get an A when she basically tells you what to write LOL.

[Tom]

Shakespeare will return next year in the form of a poet :wink:

[Nicky.]

Lol! I do ALL my homework on the computer!

But we had to do it all in school, well, we were supposed to, so we're not cheating, or something :\

I really wouldv'e done it on the computer! I find it so hard by hand .. I just can't think ahead!

So yah, I will have to write it out again! But I will probably type it up.. or get my mum to type it up.. it would take me about 30 mins to type up.. and about a week to write up lol x

[Nicky.]

Originally posted by Tom
Shakespeare will return next year in the form of a poet :wink:

Oh dear Lord :tongue:

! xD

[Nicky.]

I got it back, marked yesterday .. and it said I can get a B 'if changes are made' when I copy up.. :spin: The changes being dont tell the story as much and spelling etc xD

Yeyy :spin: - I got the same as someone who wrote like 9 and a half pages !!

[rayheartbliss]

Originally posted by Nickyy
OMG!

Im seriously going to blow a fuse in a minute xD :mad:

Why do we need to learn Shakespeare?? I mean, its not like Im going to use that language again xD.

We're doing Macbeth at the moment, and my teacher just expects everyone to understand because we're the 'top set'. It dosn't mean I know how to speak 'dsifoifds' language! :mad:

I actually think some of them understand it, which is CRAZY! We've just got up to the part we're someone died in a castle (I want to say Duncan?), and now we have to write a newspaper article on it.. that fills an A3 sheet of paper, so about 4 pages in our book.. now Im sorry, but ffs! I dont even know whats going on!! Its not even english! (Well, I know it is, but not modern times english!)

Grrr!! I have to finish all 4 pages for homework for Monday, and Ive done like half a page and TOTALLY stuck :sad:, and my teacher wasnt in today, so we had a supply teacher! I cant even ask her for help :( So I will write a little bit, and then go in and say its all jibberish to me xD

Hehe - Rant over!

lol

[Jen]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Callum
I actually LOVE Shakespeare's work. Romeo and Juliet is such an amazingly written play, along with Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc etc. He's a legend.

romeo and Juliet wasn't that brilliant, it's actually regarded as one of his worst plays. :P. but it's pretty good! :D

I've read Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and a Midsummer Nights Dream, and i've performed in Much ado about Nothing.

Nicky, you should learn about Shakespeare, Macbeth isn't my favourite play, but it's brilliant.
I never understand people who say they can't understand Shakespeare. Fair enough, I might have found that at the first page, but you soon get the hang of it, and to improve your English you should look back at much better versions OF English to benefit you, seriously.

The Comedy of Errors is brilliant.
I do love Shakespeare but his sonnets are the epitome of his brilliant work..