These ideas are inspired by How To Read Literature Like A Professor.
I am going to try and cover a different tool each day.
V When in doubt it is from Shakespeare
To thine own self be true
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet
Get thee to a nunnery!
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse...
All the world's a stage, all men and women merely players.....
It has been said that over 70% of modern Western Literature is based on Shakespeare and the Bible. Even teen and children's movies have turned to the bard for inspiration. The movie 10 Things I hate About You is a remake of The Taming of the Shrew. What teen love story is NOT a remake of Romeo and Juliet? And Disney's Lion King is just a very clever version of Hamlet.
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