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^.- Just wondering since I'm reading it right now...

O.o I saw my English teacher reading it this morning when we were in the library checking books out for a class project.

Yeah, I've read it.

Thanks for specifying that it was a play just in case there was any confusion on that one.

Aww, you beat me to that remark

I haven't actually read it, though I actually know the plot fairly well.

It was going to be said eventually. I figured I'd grab it.

Its actually my favourite Shakespeare play. I would pay good money to play Iago.

I hate it when high school teachers make kids read Romeo and Juliet and turn them off Shakespeare when they could give them this and get them hooked.

Yes, I do seem to state the obvious don't I? Hehe...I think I'll edit that out...to reduce the snippy snappy sarcastic remarks that follow

Romeo and Juliet isn't too bad, but for some reason it really turns kids off Shakespeare. I quite like it. But it always seems to be approached in such a way that people start to dislike it and think it's fairly lame.

I tell you what though, talk about turning kids of Shakespeare, I had to study Henry V for my exams when I was 13. Dear lord. On later inspection it wasn't that bad, but the way we studied it was so boring!

Throwing 13 year olds on Henry V??? That's not a good move at all.

Personally I dislike R&J because Romeo is such a wimpy, wishy-washy character. When the play first starts he's smitten with some other chick before he decides to fall madly in love with Juliet. Juliet, on the other hand, has a whole whack of fun layers to play with. Maybe its just the rebel in me that automatically gets sick of anything mainstream... even if its mainstream Shakespeare.

"Yeah, man, Shakespeare totally sold out to the man."

I'm studying it at the moment and I must say, Iago is EVIL! He's Shakespeare's most villianious character as he has no redeming characteristics.

As opposed to the many fine qualities of Lady Macbeth. . . .

Or Hamlet's uncle/step-father Claudius, for that matter.

Oh yeah, Romeo's a total wuss. Can't stand the boy. The character also makes it rather hard to believe in this 'true love' malarky between R&J. Yes, Juliet has more layers to play with, but she could also do with a bit of a slap. In my opinion

Hiddenneggs, my favourite Shakespeare essay I wrote was about Lady Macbeth. She does has some rather fine qualities.
As for Claudius, meh. Not really evil, just ambitious. I like to feel sympathy for the villains

One of my favourites is The Taming of the Shrew. I know a lot of women absolutely loathe it, and it puts them off Shakespeare, though. Petruchio's a wonderful character though.

really, if I had read Othello first I wouldn't have liked Shakespeare. The whole thing is so contrived. I very much dislike Othello, and though I don't think R&J is his best work, it's better than the complete lack of redemptive value in Othello. Talk about people who aren't really in love! It's the one play that I didn't even attempt to reread this year for my Shakespeare coursework.

I've never read Hamlet but at the end of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth goes mad from guilt. Iago is the only evil character that Shakespeare created (that I know of) who fails to show remorse for his actions.

In a way, that may be true but Macbeth (from Macbeth) can be looked on as evil but also at the same time, good.

I personally haven't read Othello but everytime I came into my Grade 10 & 11 English classes, I saw a huge stack of Othello books on the teacher's desk. I assume in Grade 12 I'll be studying it.

My favorite thus far is "Merchant of Venice".

^^ My english teacher said that Romeo and Juliet was more pathetic than a tragedy...Aaah...Finally an english teacher who actually understands ^^