Love Medicine

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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Whats the Point?

What was the reason Shakespeare put in the introduction part with Christopher Sly besides for Doug to read? It seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the play.

9 comments:

dirt dog said...

it's just supposed to be an unimportant little skit that compliments the main plot and makes audiences laugh more

manlove7 said...

Doesn't he come back to it to finish up the play?

Jordan Harry said...

i agree with Devin, Shakespeare did this a lot in his plays, having funny little subplots on the stage to have some comic relief for the audience, especially in tragedies

tilly billman said...

though i cannot understand a single word in this play... i would have to say that it is a renaissance version of a comedy movie where the plot is small and simple but it keeps the audience well in it with its humor

Kmorel said...

isnt it supose to set up the frame story

bossier330 said...

i think he forgot to finish the play

bkorrapati25 said...

Ya it is to setup the frame story(which is the play that they're performing for Christopher Sly). I guess the reason why Shakespeare made the introduction was to be humerous

Jessika Whitbeck said...

i thought it added humor to the play. especially when doug read it. you would have actually thought he was drunk

bossier330 said...

i think the intro could be some kind of an indise joke with shakespeare and his contemporaries.