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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Let's begin with the fact that I HATE reading plays...
with that said, I did it for school, not pleasure, totally not for pleasure.
I will say is a short book, very juicy, lot of things happening and the basic theme is revenge and forgiveness. So, read it if you ever have to try Shakespeare once i your life as it is short and basic.
I cant say a lot, I just don't like plays, thus I don't feel I should say much about it.
with that said, I did it for school, not pleasure, totally not for pleasure.
I will say is a short book, very juicy, lot of things happening and the basic theme is revenge and forgiveness. So, read it if you ever have to try Shakespeare once i your life as it is short and basic.
I cant say a lot, I just don't like plays, thus I don't feel I should say much about it.
Shakespeare is positively brilliant. He references chaucer for crying out loud. He is amazing.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm not an exhaustive reader of Shakespeare by any means. I'm still at the top of the list with your Othellos and Lears, moreso than your deep cuts: your Two Gentlemen of Verona or your Cymbeline's. This is maybe the 10th Shakespeare play I've read, and at first impression, it is thus far my least favorite. Chiefly because there just isn't a lot going on. Murder plots never come to fruition because the plotters are obvious bunglers who might be funny if they didn't natter on quite so much. A wedding is in the works, but it's almost a foregone conclusion after the couple meet, and they are the least interesting characters, so who really cares. There are some comical or thoughtful interludes, but there's a lot of other exposition to wade through in order to get to them.
After some thought though, I think I would enjoy seeing this performed live. While generally I think it's better to have read Shakespeare first-he is, after all, a verbose guy and there's a lot to unpack in his work-I think the experience of this play would be greatly improved between page and stage.*
The play isn't that quotable, as far as Shakespeare goes, but it does include this lovely, memorable line:
If you are into deeper meanings, themes of colonialism abound. Jamestown and the New World would have been very much in the public's mind at the time this play, one of Shakespeare's last, was written. Since Prospero, the primary colonizing force, delivers a blanket apology for his misdeeds in the epilogue, I can't say I understand what Shakespeare's stance on the subject was.
*Also, I'd like to apologize for rhyming.
After some thought though, I think I would enjoy seeing this performed live. While generally I think it's better to have read Shakespeare first-he is, after all, a verbose guy and there's a lot to unpack in his work-I think the experience of this play would be greatly improved between page and stage.*
The play isn't that quotable, as far as Shakespeare goes, but it does include this lovely, memorable line:
We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
If you are into deeper meanings, themes of colonialism abound. Jamestown and the New World would have been very much in the public's mind at the time this play, one of Shakespeare's last, was written. Since Prospero, the primary colonizing force, delivers a blanket apology for his misdeeds in the epilogue, I can't say I understand what Shakespeare's stance on the subject was.
*Also, I'd like to apologize for rhyming.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
***SPOILERS***
I think this may become one of my favourite plays. I wasn't sure what genre this play was, so I didn't know whether it would end in doom or death or marriage, but it turns out that this one has a happy ending (for most people, at least). I liked the theme of forgiveness in this, and especially the scene between Ariel and Prospero about it really spoke to me; if Ariel, a spirit, could feel pity, then surely a human being must feel it too. The play has some beautiful quotations and a lovely sappy romance. I loved it, and let's face it, it's nice not to end with a heap of corpses for once.
I think this may become one of my favourite plays. I wasn't sure what genre this play was, so I didn't know whether it would end in doom or death or marriage, but it turns out that this one has a happy ending (for most people, at least). I liked the theme of forgiveness in this, and especially the scene between Ariel and Prospero about it really spoke to me; if Ariel, a spirit, could feel pity, then surely a human being must feel it too. The play has some beautiful quotations and a lovely sappy romance. I loved it, and let's face it, it's nice not to end with a heap of corpses for once.
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated