William Shakespeare (what is your favorite?)

Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2.

(I assume that the person who said they were reading Chimes at midnight meant these plays?)

I love my Shakespeare, tho I find him hard to read unless I've seen the play performed first. Henry IV is by far my fave simply because it's so varied. You have both noble and gutter language - drama and comedy - the plays motifs are the nature of honor, british culture and magic - whats not to love?

Plus it has (for me) Shakespeares greatest character in Falstaff.

"all well that ends well" 😆 it was soooo funny.

i also like some more but i don't know english titles 😕

My absolute favorite would have to be Macbeth.

MacBeth was good. The only other play I read was Julius Caeser. I don't know too many of his works

Lady Macbeth was sooo cool 🙄

Macbeth is good but my fav is Hamlet and The Tempest 😄

I like the sonnets and Macbeth best so far;

One of my favourite characters is Caliban, there's also a brilliant new short novel about him by Tad Williams - wonderful to read 🙂 He's a very interesting character, but somehow often forgotten or ignored 😕

My favourite character is King Lear.

I am going to sudy Hamlet in english later in this year, could someone give me a heads up on it please? 😄

Hamlet is a very complicated character... many people cannot figure out if he is either insane or brilliant. Pay attention to his ranting most of all its a grand play and Hamlet is heralded as one of the first Modern thinkers.

I think i would have to go with king lear

so what is hamlet about? 😄

did i say 'macbeth' already? 😱

Originally posted by R@ven
Hamlet is a very complicated character... many people cannot figure out if he is either insane or brilliant. Pay attention to his ranting most of all its a grand play and Hamlet is heralded as one of the first Modern thinkers.

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Brilliant in my opinion... but I just saw the play, didnt read it 🙁

Originally posted by Abbita
so what is hamlet about? 😄

its about a Prince of Denmark whos father recently died and his mother married his uncle who is now King. Hamlet goes into deep depression and resents his uncle and mother for marrying within a month of his fathers death. He then sees a ghost who claims to be his father and tells him he was murdered and to take revenge upon his uncle who poisoned him ... Hamlet contemplates the idea and seems to go crazy in everyones eyes.... i do not want to give away the ending because it is great.. i will PM it to you if you like 😄

You must read Exa its great and thankyou for the complement 😄

Originally posted by R@ven
You must read Exa its great and thankyou for the complement 😄

Well they used the exact dialogues for the play... but I didnt understand several parts because the actors spoke quite fast and English is a foreign language for me 😬 but I love Shakespeare's style... each single line so perfectly balanced ~ wonderful to read.

Ok then I shall read Hamlet, too 😊

I liked the first part of Hamlet, but after he stabbed that aide accidentally it really becomes to devolved.

i'll go with the sonnets.

^^have to agree with kohl...esp sonnet 116

much ado about nothing is very good...

I have to say Romeo and Juliet 😍
The first work I was ever exposed to, and I loved it 😄