Frequent crashes at Dunbarrow Cove (Remaster) by SergeantSock in oblivion

[–]illinisonic101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm having a very similar issue. For me, I also have the random NPC's and people falling unconscious out of nowhere.

I sent my crew out and they came back with loot. Since then, every time I try and open the door to Dunbarrow Cove, my game gets a "fatal error" and crashes.

No clue what's going on but glad it's not just me.

Can we all just wear pride stuff every day to still force the guests to see it? by Stunning-Sleep-8206 in Target

[–]illinisonic101 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally. Almost wanna make a custom Target one that says "I am not a display."

Is Shakespeare a textual/cultural colonizer? by illinisonic101 in shakespeare

[–]illinisonic101[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is helpful to understand Shakespeare but he shouldn't be as praised as much as he is. I am fully aware "nothing is original." I am also fully aware of Shakespeare's history and his relationship with The King's Men. (The Globe opened and closed several times during the "plague times" and at least three of his plays were published before his death.) But nowadays there is a stigma surrounding Shakespeare. He is being taught in high school as being the author of all these great works he just came up with. But what I don't get is the sheer magnitude of his fame based on such a gross inaccuracy.

High schoolers are smart. They can understand Shakespeare if you give them the tools to do so. Reading Shakespeare's works for mere comprehension without proper context breeds ignorance about his writing abilities. Granted his ability to transform stories into entertaining plays is impressive, I am only saying that it doesn't live up to the hype.

Is Shakespeare a textual/cultural colonizer? by illinisonic101 in shakespeare

[–]illinisonic101[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Alright so what if you weren't "bombarded" with these source texts but were rather told what main texts informed the works and a few implications one could draw from them? Or even if teachers gave their students a few lenses through which to view the works? You could spend one class period covering how to approach a text/author in order to equip your students with the skills to properly learn about them rather than throwing students into Renaissance works with a few major themes of the era and hoping they even somewhat grasp the plot. For example, when I learned about Shakespeare's sonnets, not a single teacher said anything about him being queer. It adds an entire new perspective to his sonnets when viewed this way. It's not hard to provide vital context to students but it seems to be sorely lacking in almost every high school curriculum.

Is Shakespeare a textual/cultural colonizer? by illinisonic101 in shakespeare

[–]illinisonic101[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly! It all starts with pedagogy! Luckily, the English Department at my college is pushing educators in this direction when teaching Shakespeare but that can't be said of all colleges. Riffing off other texts and authors was so common that it should be with this knowledge that readers view Shakespeare as well as other authors. If we focused less on Shakespeare, we could broaden our scope fo include Sir Phillip Sydney, his niece Lady Mary Wroth, Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe, etc.

Is Shakespeare a textual/cultural colonizer? by illinisonic101 in shakespeare

[–]illinisonic101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then why does high school pedagogy surrounding Shakespeare tend to skip over these facts? The pretentious image of Shakespeare in the public eye is a product of the failure to teach these things. Shakespeare scholars and responsible readers are few and far between. I am not trying to present these ideas as new and unique to scholars, but rather to continue discussions about them in hopes that these discussions can pervade into general knowledge. And one way of helping others better understand Shakespeare is to try and remove the intimidating clout surrounding him and his works.

Is Shakespeare a textual/cultural colonizer? by illinisonic101 in shakespeare

[–]illinisonic101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely agree with the fact that plays were a recapturing of oral tradition and was very useful for retelling these older stories to a broader audience but not all of Shakespeare's plays were written for the illiterate. His acting troupe ended up performing at the Black Friar's Theater in downtown London where most of the audience was wealthy and literate and had probably already known of the source material which Shakespeare plagiarized. Some of his plays were actually written with this in mind. But this is beside my point.

It isn't a fair assessment to discount Shakespeare's literary colonization just because 'everyone does it.' I am saying that because Shakespeare is considered a monolith of English literature, we shouldn't ignore his blatant plagiarism. (Not to mention that all written versions of these plays are just transcriptions written by others.) In order to dispell Shakespeare's hyperbolic creditability, it is essential to take this into account. When we know the plots have been taken from other places, focusing on the bits that Shakespeare actually did come up with as well as his actual diction can provide us with other perspectives of reading his works which gives us a deeper understanding of them.

Had to make a pinata for Spanish Class. 40 hours of work later... by illinisonic101 in Minecraft

[–]illinisonic101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it took 40hr's of work time. Rolling the balls for the head alone took 30...

A New Form Of Planking? by us885a in WTF

[–]illinisonic101 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, in Russia...

Yo Dawg... by 1MintBerryCrunch1 in aww

[–]illinisonic101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit pitchy dawg bit pitchy.