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Shakespeare's themes are universal

There are only so many themes available to writers, and Shakespeare covered such a large percentage of them that it's inevitable later writers repeated them.

The main reason for reinterpretation is admiration; the stories are so good that authors want to do them again. They make changes for a variety of reasons.

Posted by Reality Chuck on March 27, 1997 at 05:09:06
 In Reply to "modern works based on the themes of Shakespeare" posted by fumet on March 27, 1997 at 00:51:10


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