Which is "the best" Shakespeare's novel for you?

Question

I read most of the novels (in italian)...i think King Lear, and you?

Excuse me, everyone...I did not know that "novel" is a big mistake, sorry

Answer 1

Actually, they're more properly called plays.
My favorite is King Lear also.
"This epic masterpiece tells the tale of a king whose demand for his daughters’ flattery shatters his kingdom, his family, and his own soul. Lear explores the most basic questions of human existence, destiny, love and duty, friendship and betrayal, leadership and loyalty, the terrors of aging and the overwhelming inevitability of a life nearing its end.
There is a sense we have of "King Lear," Shakespeare's most riveting and poignant tragedy. We know the terrain will be emotionally rugged and Lear's fate agonizingly brutal. Our hearts ache when Lear learns too late that the child he spurned, Cordelia, is the only one of his three daughters who love him.
We picture the desolation, both physical and mental, that Lear enters into, accompanied only by his Fool, a man so much wiser than the king he serves. It is a pitiful sight. Indeed, it is all about the emotion."

Of all Shakespeare's tragedies, King Lear is, I'd say, the most powerful and awe-inspiring.

Answer 2

Yes I'd agree, King Lear is Shakespeare's masterpiece. I'm studying Shakespeare at university this semester and am awe-inspired by his genius. Sadly Lear isn't on the course.

King Lear shows Shakespeare at his most profound. His portrayal of the tragic hero, sent mad by his treatment by his daughter's is heart-wrenching. His descent into madness, accompanied by his fool and Edgar in the final three Acts are so touching. The once great Lear is forced into the inevitable catharsis created by his death and that of his other two daughters. I would argue that the purging of doubt and evil could have been achieved with Cordelia assuming the throne, however her pointless suicide adds to the tragic conclusion, and gives the King a chance to show his humanity and love for his youngest. The sub-plot is also superb, with Gloucester's blinding being the most harrowing scene in all Shakespeare's canon. Although the gore in Titus Andronicus is beautifully un-Shakespearean, for the grusome blinding in so late a play is extremely out of character and highlight's King Lear's uniqueness!

PS. Edmund is also Shakespeare's greatest Machiavellian villain. Cunning and evil he betrays his father and his brother and finally unites with the evil sisters against the sisters. "Base, baseness, bastardy. Base. Base."...genius!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I thin Macbeth its a very gripping book it makes u feel very uneasy it is a book which contains lots of irony. I watched the play the reason there is so much irony is coz the audience whats going on but the king doesnt! Also Lady Macbeth shes such a mysterious character you get clues all through the book how evil she is and how she doesnt trust her lover Macbeth to kill the king she fears he wont kill the king! And theres the three witches the opening scene you can they are scheming from that one scene. there is so much cliff hanger. Really its shakespeare's finest novel there are so of the most well known sayings to the world in that book. Thats my opinion.

Answer 5

My favourite is The Tempest. It's different from the others, and is great to see performed in it's original form.

This is the first time I've seen Shakespeare's works described as novels!

Answer 6

A Midnight Summer Dream

Answer 7

He never wrote any novels - he wrote PLAYS and sonnets.
My favourites are (in no particular order) :-
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Merchant Of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing

Answer 8

I agree. King Lear is my favorite, but A Midsummer Night's Dream is also very good.

Answer 9

Very well, my three favorite Shakespeare plays were Othello, Hamlet and The Tempest

Answer 10

so cliched and always suggested when Shakespeare comes up but i love Romeo & Juliet...i symbolises so much is you read the text and anaylse it!
i think Baz Lurman did a great modern take on it through the film but kept the Shakespearen language which is awesome!