"And you, brides and bridegrooms all, with measure heap'd in joy, to the measures fall." (V.iv.78)
Oh, the sarcasm in the title. I, being a human being who does not enjoy drama, did not find this play very entertaining. I do not think of my dream weddings in my spare time. Granted, I have no spare time. But if I did, I'm sure a wedding would not be on my thoughts. Thankfully, some of the ironic situations kept me awake. I enjoy discussing conflict in academia, but when it comes to relationships, no matter how funny the situation, I do not find personal pleasure. I think Shakespeare wrote this one for the ladies and for the penny knaves. The humor is simple and something simple people could understand in his time. Fast forward a couple hundred years and place it into a classroom context and the humor is lost on more intelligent beings like us who have a different set of vocabulary.
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