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Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:25:53 2010 No.523746 [Reply] [Original]

Sup /lit/

What do I read first?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:26:53 2010 No.523750 Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, and then Macbeth. That way you have a Hamlet sandwich.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:27:53 2010 No.523751 in order

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:32:53 2010 No.523766 If you're not too familiar with the Shakespearian tragedies you might want to start with the one taught earliest in school simply because its probably a better play to start with than jumping into the play that people regard as Shakespeare's best.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:33:53 2010 No.523770 >>523766 What play might that be?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:35:53 2010 No.523773 File: 88 KB, 1200x1600, SSPX0759.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>523766 Already has and read many a time

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:37:53 2010 No.523775 Dude King Lear is the shit and easily the most complex of his tragedies. Read it last so that you're left with a pleasant literary aftertaste. I'd read Hamlet first.

>>	None !4A4P9buxy. Tue Apr 6 11:41:53 2010 No.523785 >>523770 Julius Caesar or Romeo and Juliet

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:44:53 2010 No.523796 >>523770 Well I was taught MacBeth first, but I havent really followed up Shakespeare so I dont think I'm qualified to tell you which one to read first.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:45:53 2010 No.523799 Macbeth > Hamlet > Othello > King Lear Macbeth is short and accessible. King Lear was tough going for me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 11:56:53 2010 No.523822 My Shakespearean Lit class just finished reading King Lear. It was really good. I've read Hamlet and Macbeth, those are great but Lear tops them imo. Edmund is just the shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 12:59:53 2010 No.523997 King Lear sucks, don't even bother with it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 13:00:53 2010 No.524002 >>523997 No. Henry VIII sucks. It was so terrible it burned down the Globe theater.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 6 13:01:53 2010 No.524004 Othello > Macbeth > Hamlet > Lear.

Anonymous Tue Apr 6 13:09:53 2010 No.524015

After you read Macbeth, make sure to rent the 1971 Polanski film. It's... certainly one of the weirder, more nihilistic Shakespeare adaptations.

Hamlet's very entertaining, and the one I read most recently, so I'd say start with that. You know what, that's actually a pretty good order for you right there on the cover.

>>	Milo Tue Apr 6 17:58:53 2010 No.524539 >>524015

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 7 03:27:53 2010 No.526598 >>523746 >That editor thinks Othello and Macbeth are great tragedies.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 7 04:05:53 2010 No.526666 All good. But Othello is the best, so...

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 7 04:30:53 2010 No.526692 I'd say: Othello -> Hamlet -> King Lear -> Macbeth Just feels right, I guess.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 7 04:43:53 2010 No.526714 Macbeth, then Othello, King Lear and then Hamlet.

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