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Whats your favorite piece by him? and when did you first start reading him?
For me Julius Cesar at 16, first shakes i've ever read and still my favorite
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Luke Price
Jace Flores
Hamlet
Nathaniel Reyes
troilus and cressida is absolutely god tier.
Hunter Clark
>in a minute
Kys you retarded zoomer
Christopher Edwards
>favorite
Hamlet tragedy, Midsummer Night comedy
>start reading
Read RnJ at 16 but love him only by 17
Also..
>Most underrated
Anthony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, King John
>Most overrated
Late romances, Henry V, As You Like it
Gabriel Brooks
If Hamlet isn't your favourite Shakespearean play then you are a zoomer pleb
Jayden Williams
have yet to have read that one how does it to compare to Hamlet or Cesar?
Julian Watson
Cleopatra is very underrated
Jacob Hill
best/most essential secondary literature on shakespeare? what are some god-tier criticisms?
Isaac Hernandez
Ben Johnson, ofc
Kevin Parker
Not him but. It's a terrific play but not like those two. Feels kind of modern in a very vague way.
Bentley Morris
I could never get into shakespeare moving froms novel to books written for plays is so es'strange
Nolan Fisher
Harold Goddard, The Meaning of Shakespeare
G. Wilson Knight, The Wheel of Fire, The Crown of Life, The Imperial Theme, etc.
Lucas Harris
>Shakespeare, by Mark van doren
>Shakespeare’s Imagery, by Caroline Spurgeon;
>Shakespeare’s Language, by Frank Kermode;
>Shakespeare’s Metrical Art, by George T. Wright;
>The Development of Shakespeare’s imagery, by Wolfgang Clemen;
>The Poetry of Shakespeare’s Plays, by F.E. halliday;
>Shakespeare’s Uses of The Arts of Language, by Sister Mirian Joseph;
>The Language of Shakespeare’s Plays, by B. Ifor Evans
Nathan Gutierrez
How am I supposed to enjoy Shakespeare? Should I just read his plays?
Joseph Russell
More importantly, how does it compare to a summer's day?
Jayden Bell
Yes
Zachary Martin
Rate my top 5 (in no particular order):
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
King Lear
Titus Andronicus
Cymbeline
Honorable mention goes to Henry V. Don't bully.
Luis Evans
How are the Oxford World's Classics editions of Shakespeare? Thinking about grabbing a few, like Richard III, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Jeremiah Murphy
agree on your underrated list. It helps that im a romaboo though
Jaxson Moore
King Lear and Hamlet are tied for my favorite.
You could always try a filmed play or movie adaptation of a play that interests you. I recommend to watch with subtitles. Ian McKellen has a great filmed Lear, Kevin Branaugh's or Mel Gibson's Hamlet were both enjoyable, recently they made a Macbeth movie with Michael Fassbender, that is a good place to start if you're interested in his tragedies.