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yeah, macbeth is great. but i'd say for me it would share top billing with twelfth night--two very different plays but each perfectly pitched and absolutely perfect!
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Tinky
- Thursday, November 15 2007
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I think "Lear" is my candidate. It towers over them all, except for "Hamlet," who comes up to about Lear's shoulder.
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Gayla B
- Thursday, November 15 2007
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SClarke, I agree with you--I love King Lear. My other favorites are Othello, As You Like It, and The Tempest. But Lear is the best.
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Tinky
- Thursday, November 15 2007
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I love those too, Gayla - maybe not Tempest as much as As You Like It. Long live Rosalind!
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In the end I'm in the Lear camp as well. But the real truth is that I have Shakespeare for different seasons. When I'm especially melancholy or introspective, give me Hamlet. If I'm bloodthirsty and I want to vent some steam, give me Macbeth if I'm feeling evil and Titus if I'm feeling rightious. And finally if I'm feeling lovey-dovey and want to celebrate life, give me As You Like It.
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My favorite remains Macbeth. All that blood. (I wrote a paper on the blood themes in this play.) Those great witches. And the best female character of his - Lady Macbeth. Oh yes, the woods that move and fulfill the prophesy. Just writing this makes me want to see it again - soon.
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Divya j
- Thursday, December 13 2007
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king lear, much ado about nothing, as u like it and a mid summer nights dream are my fav
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lissi
- Thursday, December 13 2007
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Hmm, I don't really have one that stands out but my favourites are Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest
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Hamlet gets my vote. With a very close second going to King Lear.
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I think I'd choose Macbeth as well. I love The Merchant of Venice, too -- perhaps even more than Macbeth, but maybe that's because it was the first one I read.
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macbeth, macbeth, macbeth... three times because it's that much better than all the rest!
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For me it's Hamlet. It has all the elements, comedy, tragedy. It's intellectual and action-oriented at the same time. The lead character constantly contemplates the human condition. It's also yielded some of the best known quotes in the English language.
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My personal favorite is Titus Andronicus- although unfortunately I have never seen it on stage, so I'd have to go with King Lear. I seem to favor the tragic and bloody.
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For the sheer quality of poetry and introspection its hamlet .I just loved the solliloquies in the play.esp "to be or not to be".King lear comes a close second for me.
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I think I'd go with Othello. Macbeth's great too as a tragedy but I think Othello invokes more sadness with the tragic downfall of a hero. Othello is less popular as a tragedy though but its a MUST READ. Im doin the book in College now and am really captivated by it as compared to the other shakespeare plays ive read.
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