William Shakespeare

I'm currently studying Macbeth at school, and have previously studied Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Whilst I do adore his work and the language, I think that the mandatory study of his works in Australian Public Highschools diminishes greatly from his brilliance and gains him a bad reputation amongst this generation. The fact is: Shakespeare and prose are simply not for everyone. As corny as it is, I suppose my favourite of his plays is Romeo & Juliet, as I am particularly fond of Baz Lurhman's modern interpretation. Malyck

William Shakespeare rules! My all time favorite is Taming of the Shrew... I own a book called the Complete works of william shakespeare

I love Shakespeare. My favorite is Hamlet. i love a good revenge story.I have Mel Gibson's, Olivier's and Kenneth Branagh's versions. I even have Kevin Kline doing Hamlet in modern day dress. I think it is my favorite. But I also like Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing.And I have Pacino's Looking For Richard.Do you know about this. It is a documentary where Al Pacino asks the question, can an American audience understand and follow Richard III? You get to see him rehearse the play and ask the man in the street about the play. I didn't really like Richard III before I saw this film.

To be or not to be that is the question? Hamlet by far. I have the complete works of Shakespeare in a big leather bound copy.

I think my all time favorite play has to be Hamlet. The story was just so powerful and even though it was about a Prince, you could relate to his emotional stress. I also love Othello, the Tempest, and McBeth. Those are my top ones. I have his complete works and stuided Shakespeare in highschool. English Lit was one of my favorite subjects growing up because of Shakespeare.

Gday Worldwise was waddling by and and saw your discussion just had to respond :) Absolutely hated Shakespeare at school but then again was maybe the teacher who helped me learn to hate it unless you agreed with his interpretations 100% you failed as ive grown and matured have leart a new appreciation but wouldnt say its something would go out and grab as a first read. I rather loved black adders movie back and forth where he hit william shakespeare over the head with one his manuscripts for the untold countless misery of schoolchildren lololol Glad you got an A well done well its off to bubble bubble boil and trouble if i come across romeo and juliet will say gday to them for you. romeo romeo where art thou romeo good grief was this an early version of alzheimers or what just hadnt found a cure for it yet. enjoy have fun life life Shakespeare has so much to answer for lolol :) cheers

I love Shakespeare, and I recommend going to Barnes & Noble if you need Shakespeare literature. My favorite work by Shakespeare has to be Julius Caesar. It is a reminder to all to keep your friends very close because they could be your enemies.

I like it, but he is a legend class of his own.Othello Lady Macbeth are never to forget. He shaken the spear is it not.

I love his work, though i have only seen 1 one his plays. I'm planning on watching more of them.

You know I really enjoy some of his work, although I do find some of it lacking. I say that because after reading some of his that were (in my opinion) his best works, I think he could have done better on some of his other work. Some of my favorites are MacBeth, A Midsummers Night Dream, and Hamlet. To be completely honest and this is probably going to upset some people, I think Romeo and Juliet kind of stunk. It lacked anything of interest to keep my attention. I find it real funny how someone in today's world can write stories along the same line as Shakespeare and be called morbid or a freak for it, but ol' Willie is put on this high pedestal. I asked a lady about that once and she said it was because that was the type of workd Willie lived in. Are you freakin' kidding me or what? That is how things are today! Watch any newscast at any time and you will know exactly what I mean by that. All that aside, I really do like his work overall and he set a real high standard for other people to try and follow. This is not one of Willie's works but if any of you like epic style poetry then try reading Beowulf. If you have read it what do you think?