Friday, February 18, 2005

Dread Pirate Roberts

To fully understand poetry, we must first be fluent with its meter, rhyme and figures of speech, then ask two questions: One, how artfully has the Dread Pirate Roberts been rendered and two, How important is that rendering? Question 1 rates the pirate's perfection; question 2 rates its importance. And once these questions have been answered, determining the pirate's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. If the pirate's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph and its importance is plotted on the vertical, then calculating the total area of the pirate yields the measure of his greatness. Jack Sparrow might score high on the vertical but only average on the horizontal. The Dread Pirate Roberts, on the other hand, would score high both horizontally and vertically, yielding a massive total area, thereby revealing the pirate to be truly great. As you proceed through the pirates in this book, practice this rating method. As your ability to evaluate pirates in this matter grows so will your enjoyment and understanding of pirates.
-Mr. J. Evans Pritchard

As you can see, it is very important to understand the Dread Pirate Roberts in order to understand the world.

2 Comments:

At 5:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was that stolen from "The Dead Poet Society" (names changed), or was that just incredible deja vu?

 
At 11:32 PM, Blogger Mr. Marbles said...

yes indeed...it is. Not sure if it was a good use of the quote, but i'm pretty sure i was tired when i wrote it. ( i'm always tired)

 

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