It was a story about witches who convinced a trusted figure to murder the king, written for a king who was famously paranoid about that exact situation and was VERY big on witch hunts.
Yeah, but is this what you think the story is about? Beyond that, it was the 16th century, people believed in witches, and they used it as a theme in plays. I guess he's cancelled now?
He seems to be only famous because he’s taught in school from what I’ve seen
He's only taught in schools in some English speaking countries. Ayn Rand is taught in many schools in the US but no one gives even a little bit of a shit about her outside the US. People don't even know who she is, even people deep into literature.
I am looking at this list: https://www.listchallenges.com/top-20-most-taught-books-in-high-school
At least a third (probably more tbh) of those most people outside the anglosphere don't really care about and probably don't even know them. Unlike Shakespeare.
So I guess you figured out the horses aren't "irrelevant" or "going nowhere" after all, eh?
Yeah he "only" wrote about witches when the guy who thought they were plotting against him (which BTW wasn't "crazy" in 1600) was in power. Which is, like, half of Shakespeare's career.
Yeah that's also a theme. I guess it's the only theme because you said so.
It really feels like you are trying to find weird reasons to declare him a hack to justify not liking reading about him in school lol
Yeah, but is this what you think the story is about? Beyond that, it was the 16th century, people believed in witches, and they used it as a theme in plays. I guess he's cancelled now?
He's only taught in schools in some English speaking countries. Ayn Rand is taught in many schools in the US but no one gives even a little bit of a shit about her outside the US. People don't even know who she is, even people deep into literature.
I am looking at this list: https://www.listchallenges.com/top-20-most-taught-books-in-high-school At least a third (probably more tbh) of those most people outside the anglosphere don't really care about and probably don't even know them. Unlike Shakespeare.
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So I guess you figured out the horses aren't "irrelevant" or "going nowhere" after all, eh?
Yeah he "only" wrote about witches when the guy who thought they were plotting against him (which BTW wasn't "crazy" in 1600) was in power. Which is, like, half of Shakespeare's career.
Yeah that's also a theme. I guess it's the only theme because you said so.
It really feels like you are trying to find weird reasons to declare him a hack to justify not liking reading about him in school lol