According to Shakespeare, "Words are easy like the wind", that is unless you're reading Shakespeare then you would think you are standing in the eye of a hurricane. To most scholars Shakespeare's writing may be perplexing; Michael Mack has allowed us to see the beauty after the storm, that is the beauty after reading Shakespeare. Michael Mack was a English college professor, but as a Shakespeare scholar, he was hardly objective; on September of 2008 he met before a class of college freshmen to deliver a speech on the importance of reading and understanding Shakespeare and all the life lessons he has to offer (Background, Page 203). Michael Mack proposes an effective argument that reading Shakespeare may be difficult, but it is worth the effort.
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As proclaimed in lines 9-12, on page 203 , "Let me try to explain by comparing Shakespeare to music. We all know that some kinds of music are easy on the ears. This is the ear candy that you like the very first time you hear it. And after you’ve heard it ten thousand times in twenty four hours, it turns into an ear worm that drives you crazy." This shows Mack's attempt to relate to the audience of his speech through modern cultures love for music. When you dissect this quote, "easy on the ears..."(Line 11, Page 203), is there to compare Shakespeare to music that kids listen to as a form of closure or as a get away from troubles. "Ear candy... and Ear worms.."(Lines 11&13, Page 203), are used to bring opposing views on music as if it were Shakespeare's writings; how some people may love Shakespeare no matter how many times they read it, while some may read it once like it and then every time after that is like a repetitive bug, buzzing around their head that wont go away. "Ten thousand times in 24 hours..."is used to get the readers mind thinking about the legitimacy behind that faulty statement. It is also used as an eye opener for the exaggeration behind some of the quotes we encounter through reading
As proclaimed in lines 9-12, on page 203 , "Let me try to explain by comparing Shakespeare to music. We all know that some kinds of music are easy on the ears. This is the ear candy that you like the very first time you hear it. And after you’ve heard it ten thousand times in twenty four hours, it turns into an ear worm that drives you crazy." This shows Mack's attempt to relate to the audience of his speech through modern cultures love for music. When you dissect this quote, "easy on the ears..."(Line 11, Page 203), is there to compare Shakespeare to music that kids listen to as a form of closure or as a get away from troubles. "Ear candy... and Ear worms.."(Lines 11&13, Page 203), are used to bring opposing views on music as if it were Shakespeare's writings; how some people may love Shakespeare no matter how many times they read it, while some may read it once like it and then every time after that is like a repetitive bug, buzzing around their head that wont go away. "Ten thousand times in 24 hours..."is used to get the readers mind thinking about the legitimacy behind that faulty statement. It is also used as an eye opener for the exaggeration behind some of the quotes we encounter through reading