William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino or Lena Dunham

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please stop

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The language of Shakespeare is so similar to what's spoken now that (famously, gloriously, etc) if something sounds dirty, then it always is.

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A big reason Shakespeare comes across as boring is that it has often been performed so boringly.

I think very few people can understand the language today.  Its rather like listening to people from the North of England talking - you get some very rough idea what is going on, but it isn't fun after about five minutes.

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Biggest waste of high school. And that says a lot. He gets crazy respect because he's old.  The iambic pentameter is an impressive feat, but it's also a pretty stupid literary device that I find very distracting. It's like somebody is dribbling a basketball during every play. His storytelling isn't all that imaginative. He took a lot of ideas from others, as the idea of plagiarism wasn't yet a thing.  

You must have a terminally dull mind. Of course that was an established fact already, but there's nowt wrong with additional confirmation.

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It's not the fault of medieval and early modern writers that they didn't hold perceived originality of the surface text in as high regard as we do.

Yes, preciousness about 'originality' is very much a modern thing. As you'll know anyway, a very, very high proportion of literature from the middle ages is essentially fanfic.

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In any event, mere story isn't why Shakespeare is fantastic.