What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?
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Re: What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?
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My favorite is one that I have read and seen on t.v.: Midsummer Night's Dream. I think I am probably in the minority.
I like it's whimsy and fantasy. I don't even have any literary insights or devices to purport, I just like it.
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I've never even heard of this one! Maybe if I can find free versions of them for kindle, I will try to force myself to read some. I bet they will be more enjoyable now that my brain is more developed since my adolescent days (of like, two weeks ago)ryanj1 wrote:Quite a few people liking Titus Andronicus. I'm so glad. I forgot about that one, but it's a fantastic play. I'll add that one to my list too!
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You should know in advance that it's the Bard's most violent play, featuring cannibalism, hands being chopped off and tongue cut out, and heaven knows what else. It's the Elizabethan precursor to the video nasty. You have been warned!ALynnPowers wrote:I've never even heard of this one! Maybe if I can find free versions of them for kindle, I will try to force myself to read some. I bet they will be more enjoyable now that my brain is more developed since my adolescent days (of like, two weeks ago)ryanj1 wrote:Quite a few people liking Titus Andronicus. I'm so glad. I forgot about that one, but it's a fantastic play. I'll add that one to my list too!
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My second favorite play would be a toss up between Midsummer Nights Dream or Twelfth Night those are also both very good.
I don't like MacBeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, or King Lear though.... too much tragedy and death. I like his comedies better.
A couple of you mentioned the Merchant. I haven't' heard of that one. What's it about?
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