fandomhigh | Modern Shakespeare, Wednesday, Period 1 & 2

After the violent disaster that had been Jono and Hannibal's wedding (of which she had contributed much of the violence), Karla was tempted to show Ran. But she wasn't sure Peridot's reading level was up to snuff to follow the subtitles. So, instead, she had another movie that discussed violence in its many variations and the effect it has on the text. But before she could start the movie, there was something she had to clear up first.

"Okay, so everything in the documentary...forget it," Karla said, rubbing her temples. "I'm sorry. It was just...yeah, everything about it was wrong. Hilarious, but wrong." It was below her Queenly dignity to admit that she'd gone home and snickered at all the words Philomena had underlined with her finger. And then sent it to Ender, because what was the point of having friends if she couldn't troll them? "So, take it as a joke--a parody--and let's move on."

There, that done, Karla could move onto the proper lecture. "So, one of the benefits of modern adaptations is the ability to look at the plays in ways that Shakespeare and his contemporaries could never have imagined. There are new ways of looking at the text, like feminist criticism or queer theory--that is, examining the plays with an eye towards how gender or sexuality is constructed. And with that, comes a focus on minor characters. Modern adaptations can expand upon their roles or delve deeper into their characterizations, or even use them to shed new light on the text. Today, we're looking at one of the most famous examples of this, by revisiting our first play, Amleth."

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After class, she's texting Ender to see if he'd gotten a chance to watch the documentary yet.

Yes.

That single-word reply said everything, surely.

I thought it was very informative, didn't you?

It's puerile and childish, Ender texted back.

If he was amused, he certainly wasn't telling her just yet.

You're just saying that because she liked underlining certain parts of words, Karla said, amused enough to chuckle aloud.

...That wasn't exactly an argument against what he'd said.

An excellent piece of evidence towards the truth of my judgment, ms. Di Glacia.

Because really.

I'm just impressed he invented comedy AND tragedy, Karla sent. I mean, I know your culture is still in its infancy, but I would have expected those to have come around even a LITTLE sooner than that.

Yes, yes, she knew about the Greeks.

If you don't know better than that, you have no right teaching your own class, Ender texted.

Could she hear the sigh? Could she?

She LIVED for that sigh. Later she'd send this conversation to Ben and they'd laugh over which comments she'd made that had earned them!

In fairness, I don't think Fandom's hiring policies are all that stringent, she pointed out. I definitely could have gotten this job while believing that.

Fandom's hiring policies are near-nonexistent. But you know better. I've seen to that.

Really now, Karla.

So I'm a qualified teacher because I understand the Aristotelian Theory of Unities? Karla enjoyed teasing Ender, even via text. Granted, Shakespeare ignored them most of the time...

You're a qualified teacher because you took the time to become something of an expert on your class material before you tried to teach it, Ender texted. Unlike this Cunk woman.

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