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Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 11 May 2018, 10:02
by Lgs1089
I find Shakespeare redundant and bland like unsalted nuts. He's probably good for your literary health but meh. I'd like to know your favorite classical plays. What makes them your favorites? You can go Shakespeare on me if you must. A few of the most influential plays that I've read are as follows:
1.
The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
2.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
3.
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
4.
Oedipus Rex by Socrates
Each of the above plays acts as a metaphor. Sure, they can be read for pleasure but once the surface is penetrated, there's more. Just from my list, there are underlying abstractions such as the death of the American Dream, women's sacrificial roles in society, appearance verse reality, blinding truth... I've shown you mine, now show me yours.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 19 May 2018, 17:34
by ChilubaOgoke
Talking about beneath the surface, have you read "Everyman"? Or Shakespeare's " Tempest? Good list though.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 22 May 2018, 09:07
by Lgs1089
ChilubaOgoke wrote: ↑19 May 2018, 17:34
Talking about beneath the surface, have you read "Everyman"? Or Shakespeare's " Tempest? Good list though.
I have read
The Tempest, but I have not read
Everyman. Thanks for the recommendation. Can you give me a little prelude to
Everyman? What makes it one of your faves?
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 30 May 2018, 11:01
by gkgurley
I love Oscar Wilde. I have studied and acted in many of his works, and being in the plays as well as studying them for class gave me a lot of appreciation for him and his sense of humor. I'd take The Importance of Being Earnest over a Shakespeare comedy (except for Much ado About Nothing) any day.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 20 Jun 2018, 12:52
by Sanyu faith
I like Shakespeare's works...I HV read half of the books he wrote... Though he loved tragics I love thinking of him as a man of realism.... This world is not all rosy.... He portrays the world as it really is... A spade is a spade. Not a big spoon.. Betrayal..... Hypocrisy...murder name all vices.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 22 Jul 2018, 12:02
by MsLisa
Plays aren't really my thing so I can't say I have any favorites but I did have to read Shakespeare for school and to be honest I quite liked it. The language can get complicated at times but Shakespeare's use of literary devices and the types of characters and storylines he devised are very entertaining. I laugh a lot when I read Shakespeare.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 14 Aug 2018, 11:28
by pre106-2
I love Shakespeare works, he is great a couple his works I have read is; Hamlet, Othello, Tempest, Julius ceaser, and Romeo and Juliet. any more recommendation of his works?
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 18 Aug 2018, 17:08
by Facennagoss
Lgs1089 wrote: ↑11 May 2018, 10:02
I find Shakespeare redundant and bland like unsalted nuts. He's probably good for your literary health but meh. I'd like to know your favorite classical plays. What makes them your favorites? You can go Shakespeare on me if you must. A few of the most influential plays that I've read are as follows:
1.
The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
2.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
3.
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
4.
Oedipus Rex by Socrates
Each of the above plays acts as a metaphor. Sure, they can be read for pleasure but once the surface is penetrated, there's more. Just from my list, there are underlying abstractions such as the death of the American Dream, women's sacrificial roles in society, appearance verse reality, blinding truth... I've shown you mine, now show me yours.
I find this really refreshing! I was made to feel like a bad teacher because I hated Shakespeare even though my students achieved repeatedly good results. It seemed as though there was an unwritten rule that you must love Shakespeare to dare to teach English. My favourite play to study with the older students was Aphra Behn’s
The Rover and with the younger ones,
Our Day Out by Willy Russell.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 14 Feb 2019, 17:14
by jesscat304
I love Shakespeare I find his storyline’s very intriguing. I love his writing style and complex characters and there are very few of his plays that I do not enjoy.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 18 Mar 2019, 14:20
by Zenfira
Shakespeare is one of my fav writer,because i think only very inloved,emotinal person could write such a works ,where love is the highest top,where everything begin and end with love,that love can solute each problem,can become a sense of life,,He is great in his works ,,and the most talented love writer ever <3
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 11:47
by VAwkOb12
Shakespeare's works to me are yawn-inducing. I would advise any one who wants to read them to do so in groups that way when someone gets sleepy the others can shake him awake. It's not worth putting up the great effort it takes to get through his writings (Hamlet, romeo, tempest etc). Instead you can check out works like lion and the jewel by wole soyinka, Luanda magere by okoiti omtatah and three suitors one husband by Guillaume oyono-mbia which are better works than those of Shakespeare and they have a bonus of being in a simple and straight forward language.
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 09:45
by Shreeyat
You should try edward 2 by christopher marlowe
Re: Shakespeare Who?
Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 03:00
by Dunstan Brooks
When I was in junior high school and high school, I, basically, hated Shakespeare because I didn't understand the old English way of speaking. My mother was a high school teacher of English and drama. I think, perhaps, she was disappointed that my brother and I weren't into Shakespeare. When we were 12 and 13, she did take us on field trips with her high school classes to the North Shore Music Theatre in the round to see some plays. I don't know about my brother, but I liked the sword fights and murder scenes. Anyway, I enjoy Shakespeare now. My favorite is King Lear, but I also like Hamlet, As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice . I also enjoy Ibsen's plays.