Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Bard be Free, Bard be thee, Bard be T'reee

Version A:

Does Homer Simpson not cry with delight; at doh-nut sight?

Does Juliet not pine, for her Romeo - who's treason gave reason to fight.
Does Shakespeare's line have no reason, only rhyme?
Bah! To quote the bard, is not hard!
But beggar be you, YOU; who act without thought toward the ancient bard...



Version B:

Does Homer Simpson not cry with delight; at doh-nut sight?
Does Juliet not pine, for her Romeo - who's treason gave reason to fight.
Does Shakespeare's line have no reason, only rhyme?
Bah! To quote the bard, is not so hard!
But beggar be you, YOU; who disregard the ancient bard...


Version C:

Does Homer Simpson not cry with delight; at doh-nut sight?
Does Juliet not pine, for her Romeo - who's treason gave reason to fight.
Does Shakespeare's line have no reason, only rhyme?
Bah! To quote the bard, is not so hard!
But beggar be you, YOU; who act with no regard for the ancient bard...



Thought came to me when I was talking to my mum about the past and she said, "You were only young so you didn't realise Thomas the Tank didn't actually speak." To which I replied in rhyme the above lines.  I'm arguing that even if a character is made up, his point is still surely valid and therefore the character has spoken. A character has characteristics and traits that develop over time separately to the author who writes about a character. The character exists within the mind of the creator, but once the creator has made the character, it exists outside the creator consequently.

Incidentallyy I was listening to a Youtube playlist of Bob Marley.

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