03-27-2019, 05:56 PM
^^ The English language in Chaucer’s time was crude. That’s hardly debatable. Dante lived 200 years before Chaucer and just compare the Commedia with Cant Tales. Only Chaucer made it worse by trying to imitate the Italians by making his lines rhyme. The roots of old English were in sprung rhythm which is why Beouwulf doesn’t read as badly as the Tales (be honest)
Apart from Othello and Julius Caesar, I can’t think of a single good Shakespeare tragedy / problem play
The ending of Hamlet is ridiculous by modern standards
As the ending of Romeo & Juliet
As the second half of Measure for Measure
The Winter’s Tale
Which is why Shakespeare via Charles and Mary Lamb is child abuse
Apart from Othello and Julius Caesar, I can’t think of a single good Shakespeare tragedy / problem play
The ending of Hamlet is ridiculous by modern standards
As the ending of Romeo & Juliet
As the second half of Measure for Measure
The Winter’s Tale
Which is why Shakespeare via Charles and Mary Lamb is child abuse