Shakespeare
 

yr favorites?

obviously mine is Julius Caesar..

"Such men are dangerous.." act 1 scene 2

I posted this in the science thread so it's on my mind:

Macbeth:

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Origin of your name?

in a way I am sure..

directly:

Hamlet:

"I have of late -- but wherefore I know not -- lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilential congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me: no, nor woman neither."

... and especially as quoted at the end of withnail & i

Oh..

Ah! Fantastic!

oh yes :) watching that film makes me feel like im home. more than being at home does. does that make sense? does anyone else have films that make them feel like that?
a couple others do the same:
rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead (whilst on the topic of shakespeare, and hamlet of course)
disco pigs
fear & loathing

I was commenting on Hamlet rather than Withnail and I. And I think I understand what feeling you are talking about (though I have mixed feelings about Withnail and I...).

when i first saw it i thought what the fuck happened there?!! this is a film about absolutely nothing. and then i grew to love it... so mixed feelings too i suppose!

There are so many that I could barely decide but Othello has been my favorite since high school.

"Are you not moved, when all the sway of Earth shakes like a thing unfirm?"

The only Shakespeare I've ever enjoyed was King Lear, probably because I read it on my own accord without having a bunch of over-analysis shoved down my throat.

"Indeed, it is a strange, disposed time. But men may construe things after their fashion, clean from the purpose of the things themselves.."

Hamlet:

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?

"Those that at haste will make a mighty fire begin it with weak straws.
What trash is Rome!
What rubbish,
and what offal when it serves for the base matter
to illuminate so vile a thing as Caesar!"

For me it's got to be King Lear. I'm in a Shakespeare class right now and I love it.

The only Shakespeare I can honestly say I enjoyed was Merchant of Venice.

I'm with you on that one. haven't read hamlet though

I'm trying to remember what all I've read. Hamlet, R&J, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and a bunch of the Sonnets, I think.