Truth be told, many aspects of Shakespeare’s works depict images and notions of masculinity. So the question this essay hopes to address is, “is Shakespeare not manly/ masculine enough for teenage boys to admit they like it?” What high school boys are worried about today are girls, sports, technology and body hair. And they aren’t spending hours wondering “O Romeo, o Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Well, from my high school, maybe a few. In an all-boys high school, students aren’t really concerned with what a dead white man wrote about years and years ago.
Why would it be uncommon and just plain weird to admit that you like Shakespeare in an all-boys high school? Well, because it’s just not manly enough, it’s just not cool. If anyone did, it would be a strange rarity. However, when one encounters the name Shakespeare, do you think words like “manly,” “masculine,” or “ angas” come to mind? I think that’s very unlikely.ĭrawing from personal experience, I doubt that anyone from my all-boys private high school down Katipunan Avenue would openly admit to liking Shakespeare or his works. Some may associate Shakespeare with deep and eloquent poetry some may associate him with love and romance while others may think of him as someone relevant only to the artsy-fartsy literature people from the College of Arts and Letters. When you hear the name Shakespeare, many ideas come to mind. Note: I do not own the images used in this essay.
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