Shakespeare, what is your favorite story? |
Shakespeare, what is your favorite story? |
Feb 8 2010, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
Mine is Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth.
What is yours? :) |
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Feb 8 2010, 06:55 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i pretty much hate shakespeare in general, but if i was forced to pick then othello
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Feb 8 2010, 06:59 PM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
i'm reading macbeth right now
via cliffsnotes |
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Feb 8 2010, 07:00 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
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Feb 8 2010, 07:02 PM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
oh yeah i hate Shakespeare too
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Feb 8 2010, 07:28 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
CODE The Infamous Hello World Program. Romeo, a young man with a remarkable patience. Juliet, a likewise young woman of remarkable grace. Ophelia, a remarkable woman much in dispute with Hamlet. Hamlet, the flatterer of Andersen Insulting A/S. Act I: Hamlet's insults and flattery. Scene I: The insulting of Romeo. [Enter Hamlet and Romeo] Hamlet: You lying stupid fatherless big smelly half-witted coward! You are as stupid as the difference between a handsome rich brave hero and thyself! Speak your mind! You are as brave as the sum of your fat little stuffed misused dusty old rotten codpiece and a beautiful fair warm peaceful sunny summer's day. You are as healthy as the difference between the sum of the sweetest reddest rose and my father and yourself! Speak your mind! You are as cowardly as the sum of yourself and the difference between a big mighty proud kingdom and a horse. Speak your mind. Speak your mind! [Exit Romeo] Scene II: The praising of Juliet. [Enter Juliet] Hamlet: Thou art as sweet as the sum of the sum of Romeo and his horse and his black cat! Speak thy mind! [Exit Juliet] Scene III: The praising of Ophelia. [Enter Ophelia] Hamlet: Thou art as lovely as the product of a large rural town and my amazing bottomless embroidered purse. Speak thy mind! Thou art as loving as the product of the bluest clearest sweetest sky and the sum of a squirrel and a white horse. Thou art as beautiful as the difference between Juliet and thyself. Speak thy mind! [Exeunt Ophelia and Hamlet] Act II: Behind Hamlet's back. Scene I: Romeo and Juliet's conversation. [Enter Romeo and Juliet] Romeo: Speak your mind. You are as worried as the sum of yourself and the difference between my small smooth hamster and my nose. Speak your mind! Juliet: Speak YOUR mind! You are as bad as Hamlet! You are as small as the difference between the square of the difference between my little pony and your big hairy hound and the cube of your sorry little codpiece. Speak your mind! [Exit Romeo] Scene II: Juliet and Ophelia's conversation. [Enter Ophelia] Juliet: Thou art as good as the quotient between Romeo and the sum of a small furry animal and a leech. Speak your mind! Ophelia: Thou art as disgusting as the quotient between Romeo and twice the difference between a mistletoe and an oozing infected blister! Speak your mind! [Exeunt] Best Shakespeare ever, right there. |
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Feb 8 2010, 07:29 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
I don't particularly dislike his work, but he's not really my favorite playwright. Regardless, I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for English class.
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Feb 8 2010, 07:32 PM
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Feb 9 2010, 04:33 AM
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(′ ・ω・`) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
i liked twelfth night the most, funny and entertaining.
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Feb 9 2010, 08:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
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Feb 9 2010, 11:46 AM
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Out of the ones I've read, I found Macbeth's storyline the most interesting and fascinating, but my favourite is Much Ado About Nothing. I found it really funny and my English drama professor made it worthwhile.
I enjoyed Othello until my grade 12 English teacher butchered it to death. |
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Feb 9 2010, 05:08 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
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Feb 9 2010, 08:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
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Feb 9 2010, 08:51 PM
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Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
Actually, I don't know anyone who had to read it in middle school. But so what?
Personally, I hate Shakespeare's plots. Romeo and Juliet is possibly the most ridiculous story I've ever read. However, I respect his ability to compose his words in such a musical way. I just can't get over the fact that the stories make me want to stab myself. |
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Feb 9 2010, 08:52 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
He's 14.
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Feb 9 2010, 09:19 PM
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f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
Hamlet
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Feb 13 2010, 06:06 PM
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"One hell of a butler" Group: Member Posts: 95 Joined: Nov 2008 Member No: 696,422 |
As much as I like Romeo & Juliet, Othello was awesome! I had to read it last semester. That was the best plot ever! Go Iago! :D
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Feb 13 2010, 06:49 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
Um, to clear things up, I'm in honors so I guess you could say that I am in 9th grade. Well, in a 9th grade class at least.
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Feb 13 2010, 07:02 PM
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♡♡♡♡♡ Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I've only read four of his plays, but probably Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream. Romeo and Juliet is just ridiculous.
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Feb 13 2010, 08:06 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I've never read Othello. But I enjoyed A Midsummer Night's Dream. When I was in high school we went to the outdoor theatre to see Merchant of Venice and it actually made the play enjoyable. It was pretty cool because there was no "backstage" at the theatre and they would act all around you on the steps and stuff.
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Feb 14 2010, 08:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
kudos to shakespeare for knowing how to use sex jokes properly
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*Janette* |
Feb 14 2010, 10:12 PM
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Henry V or Hamlet or Othello.
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Apr 13 2010, 09:51 PM
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Padfoot Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,084 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 50,413 |
I've always said that having to analyze literature in school makes me hate them in the end but I think the only exception is Shakespeare's works. Looking back, I don't think I would have understood them as well if I hadn't studied Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, and As You Like It in school. I also watched plays of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. My favorites are Macbeth and King Lear.
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