The Quintessentialist

Alright, this jerk has been on my mind again, and it's about time to give him some more hate. When people think about some of the best literature of the English language, especially in poetry, they go to Shakespeare. Freaking. Shakespeare. I already  wrote a piece on why I don't like him , more specifically about his plays. And boy did I lay into him. But you know what I didn't lay into of his? His actual poetry. Yup, I'm freaking going there, and you can't stop me! Muahaha! So, first off, why do people keep saying he's the best poet in all the English language? Have none of you read  Beowulf ? The poetry is far superior and the story is of epic proportions! Top that you literary hack!  Secondly, let's take one of his most famous lines from one of his sonnets, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" What are you trying to say oh great and powerful bard? That your girlfriend is a hot mess?  Let's do a little comparison then, s...

Okay... Okay... let the shock and horror of someone who doesn't like the bard, or as some people treat him the literary "god" of the English language, the one, the only, Shakespeare, be done and just hear me out on this one please. So now that I have your attention and you may be thinking, "who is this idiot think he is dissing on Shakespeare?" I have read two of his plays, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. A Midsummer Night's Dream is done okay I guess, but Romeo and Juliet... it sucks really, really badly. So to start with Romeo and Juliet what do we know about our star crossed lovers? Well there from families that absolutely hate each other, their young, rich, and naive. Besides that we know that they are head over heels in love for each other! But besides that, what do they have in common? Anyone? Anyone? Do they share any values outside of their love for each other? I could be wrong, but there is nothing else that comes to mind....