What are your favourite Shakespeare plays?
My top 3:
1) Titus Andronicus <- It's brutal af
2) Timon of Athens
Here lies a wretched corpse of wretched soul bereft:
Seek not my name: a plague consume you wicked caitiffs left!"
Here lie I, Timon, who alive, all living men did hate,
Pass by, and curse thy fill, but pass and stay not here thy gait.
3) Coriolanus (anus hehe)
I used to skip high school and go to Mc'Donalds everyday to read Shakespeare. I did this because the wifi at Mc'Dees was too shit to play games. Every day I would go, order a large big mac menu, eat it and read for hours. It was somewhat boring, but way better than actually attending school lmao.
It was "high-brow", seemed fancy and cultured. Reading it in English was challenging because of the way it was written. It's one of the great classics so can't be wrong to read it to get more cultured. Was also accessible cause I bought the whole collection of his work. I also liked it, it's interesting and fun.
It was "high-brow", seemed fancy and cultured.
I really appreciate how you cut through the bullshit by accepting that that's what it was about for you.
That was part of my initial draw to Shakespeare too, but nowadays I use it more to excuse my odd word choices and structures; "W-well... Shakespeare made up shit ALL THE TIME!"
Reading it in English was challenging because of the way it was written. It's one of the great classics so can't be wrong to read it to get more cultured. Was also accessible cause I bought the whole collection of his work. I also liked it, it's interesting and fun.
I like Shakespeare more for his artsy portrayals of madness, and that from his works we've gained some really apt literary archetypes (like my favorite, The Jester). It was also one of the few cases where reading out loud in class was actually kinda fun.
That said, I rather like Othello. It's one of the few that's become less vague in my memory with time. Shakespeare to me though is more like an acting exercise with a lot of room for character depth, so even some of his worst is entirely dependent upon it's cast. Shakespeare's plays set the stage, but it's what's done on the stage that is everything. Even a difference in line delivery could entirely change a character (like what if Iago was more ghost-like, or was gay?)
It was "high-brow", seemed fancy and cultured.
I really appreciate how you cut through the bullshit by accepting that that's what it was about for you.
That was part of my initial draw to Shakespeare too, but nowadays I use it more to excuse my odd word choices and structures; "W-well... Shakespeare made up shit ALL THE TIME!"Reading it in English was challenging because of the way it was written. It's one of the great classics so can't be wrong to read it to get more cultured. Was also accessible cause I bought the whole collection of his work. I also liked it, it's interesting and fun.
I like Shakespeare more for his artsy portrayals of madness, and that from his works we've gained some really apt literary archetypes (like my favorite, The Jester). It was also one of the few cases where reading out loud in class was actually kinda fun.
That said, I rather like Othello. It's one of the few that's become less vague in my memory with time. Shakespeare to me though is more like an acting exercise with a lot of room for character depth, so even some of his worst is entirely dependent upon it's cast. Shakespeare's plays set the stage, but it's what's done on the stage that is everything. Even a difference in line delivery could entirely change a character (like what if Iago was more ghost-like, or was gay?)
Yes, Othello. Because Iago is an awesomely written character. I also 2nd that on it being fun to read in class, as we have had quite similar experiences in this regard.
