Thursday, October 22, 2009

Booking Through Questioning the Bard

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If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be?

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. Some speak of a woman of dark countenance, who was apparently married and some of the sonnets pertain to a fair young man.

I would like to know if they were real individuals and if yes, then who?

A very relevant question as no one knows till date who the Bard referred to, in his sonnets. Those sonnets speak of love, passion, rejection, lust, death and lot more.
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20 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 22, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    That's a great question. I wonder if his answer would make us appreciate the sonnets more or less. What if his answer turned out to be something mundane.

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  2. CeriOctober 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    Good question. Shakespeare would be such a good choice. I can't imagine only asking him one though - I'd end up wanting to sit down and really talk about his writing with him.

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  3. PamOctober 22, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    oh man Tgats a beautiful question. I adore Shakespeare and have so many things to ask him.

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  4. VeensOctober 22, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    I am really not sure if I will ever ask him any question.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    Do we know who he wrote about in the famous 'Can I compare the to a summers day?' I spotted that on the tube the other day and though how amazing to think that the muse has been immortalised so.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 22, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    That is a wonderful question! I'd love to know the answer.

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  7. rhapsodyinbooksOctober 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Good question, and good choice of author to ask! One could think of so many things to ask him, now that you mention him!

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  8. BurtonReview October 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Yes indeed many questions for Shakespeare.. I would love to know about his life at court!
    The BTT post is here at The Burton Review!

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  9. Cackleberry HomesteadOctober 22, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Wonderful question - it would be nice if we could find out the answer.

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  10. SarahOctober 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Great imaginative question, but you've got to love the mystery of never knowing for sure...

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  11. Bryan R. TerryOctober 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    Don't you watch your BBC? The "woman of dark contenance" was Martha Jones and the "fair young man" was The Doctor.

    (Doctor Who, Season 3, Episode 2 "The Shakespeare Code, original airdate April 7, 2007)

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  12. jlshallOctober 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    Good choice. I went with Shakespeare, too - lots of questions to ask there.

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  13. MerviOctober 23, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    Great question! I'd like to know who he really was. :)

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  14. TedOctober 23, 2009 at 3:08 AM

    Ah, the famous dark lady!

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  15. AnonymousOctober 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM

    Oooh I would like to know the answer to this, too! Great question.

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  16. Karen HarringtonOctober 23, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    Oh yes, Shakespeare. That is a terrific question.

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  17. NovrozOctober 23, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    I haven't read anything by shakespeare because the language is too hard for me who happen to come from a country which doesn't use English.

    But questioning an author that already passed away is quite interesting

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  18. DotOctober 23, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    I love your question, it would be so exciting to know if he was writing about a real person!

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  19. Bryan R. TerryOctober 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    My BTT is now up and can be found HERE

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  20. YvonneOctober 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Good question!

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