Today the whole
world celebrates 400 years of Shakespeare’s legacy. This author is very dear to
me. Therefore, I’ve decided to write not just standard blog post about his
achievements or undoubtedly influence on different spheres of life. Today I
want to celebrate my favorite author by writing about his influence on me.
If I’m not
mistaken, we came across each other when I was 12-13 and it was instant
friendship. That hour I spent turning pages of Romeo & Juliet went really fast.
I remember having so many feels it hurt. Then I discovered there’s more to him
than just teen love story. In a year, I guess, was the time when Hamlet entered
my life.
It’s been 10
years from that time and I still haven’t found anything better. Hamlet spoke to
my soul on so many levels. Yes, the characters are flawed. In fact, I cannot
recall any character I could associate myself with. Still, I like every bit of
it. One thing is original text, the other-its stage adaptations. I became quite
addicted to them, watched nearly 10 different and still not enough. They are
mostly not satisfying, but some of them are awesome (Tennant and Cumberbatch
ones especially). Anyways, for me it’s not a story of depression and bad life
choices. For me, it’s a story about questions. We all ask ourselves different
questions and existential questions are the most common for all of us. I guess
that’s what really spoke to my heart.
Since that time
I studied Shakespeare at different courses, read texts and analyses. It never ceases
to amaze me that his impact on literature was so big it can compete with the
impact of the Bible. In most modernist texts there’s him, standing with his
long lost son Hamlet right in the middle of the Tempest. And it will always be
him, recognizable or not, he will be present in the texts of the future.
Because when you manage to influence people for 400 years after you death it
certainly means something.
Thank you.
The rest is silence.Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
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