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When I was in school, my school taught us the Shakespherean book, "Merchant of Venice" & 2 books ("Role of Thunder"-story with racism theme & "The Inspector Calls"- a modern play) for 1 year to prepare for the GCE "O" level exams while other schools taught the students for 2 years. The school was not so exam oriented and they taught us other things not for GCE "O" level exams such as poems and extracts from the different Shakepearean plays. The only plus point is that this gave us the chance to widen knowledge on other books. I still remember the phrase from Julius Casear, "Brutus is an honourable man" - now that repetitive phrase was really effective in making people remember "is Brutus honourable?" .

The book I studied was "Merchant of Venice" and it was supposed to be one of the easier kind of Shakespeare books to study for exams, that was what some said. Probably that was one of the reasons I liked it too. Now I still remember the poem from the "Merchant of Venice" even though 11 years have passed since the exam and I can still recite it by hard. It's:
"All that glitters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
Fare you well; your suit is cold.
Cold, indeed; and labour lost:
Then, farewell, heat, and welcome, frost!"
This is quite meaningful or at least the common English saying has used the first line, "All that glitters is not gold".

One part in that play that I remember is the dirty jokes (arising from puns) told Lancelot.

I am not so fond of reading old English but being forced to study a Shakespherean play gave me a chance to appreciate the it. Shakespeare's play are quite different from other plays and we know that has managed to last for years otherwise students won't be still studying them "The Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of the last play I would ever want to study. Thankfully I didn't have to. After reading the simplified version, I had already found most of the parts boring although there was some plot. Hope I don't offend any fans of that play title.

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