In response

I do agree with Little Red in that obsolete Elizabethan jargon can be quite giggle-worthy, but in-between such occurrences it’s simply difficult to follow. I’m not trying to depreciate Billy’s work, but am saying that Shakespearean lingo is virtually extinct. Present society has forsaken formality and 16th century English is now foreign. (10 alliteration points for that sentence) The themes present in King Lear , such as family love and betrayal, are essentially immortal, which isone of the reasons why the play has survived so many years.
Unfortunately, the way the play is written makes it irrelevant to me. My main issue is that the ornate, ostentatious language obscures the core meaning of the piece.(10 more alliteration point s) I can appreciate an amusing archaic phrase as much as, if not more than, anyone else.(Except for Red, she’s loving this) However, it’s different when it seems silly when the writer is intending to be gravely serious. The change s made to the English language over time have gradually debased the piece until it is nothing more to people than a conglomeration of phrases that are amusing for the sheer novelty. Personally, I’m indifferent to this process. I feel that as society changes, what is relevant to them changes as well. People certainly have to be motivated to read Shakespeare. The question does arise, would his name still be as known if his works hadn’t been required by school curriculums for countless years?

-Murry-Uh?