Classics relevant today?
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Classics relevant today?
And why?
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I would agree with this. The places and politics might change but people are still largely the same now as they were hundreds of years ago. You just have to read Shakespeare or the Greeks to see that. Sometimes I think it's very helpful to discover these parallels - it takes us out of our obsession with the present and helps put our lives in context.
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And that's just off the top of my head.
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The foremost reason being that the themes of the classics are still easy to relate to today. From jealousy, searching for meaning, love and death e.g. While the times and settings may be different, unsurprisingly, the emotions people feel are the same. People enjoy being able to relate to characters in books they read. Personally, I mostly relate to Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Hopefully that tells you all you need to know about me.
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