I have read a few, Macbeth and the one with the rooms which are different colors during a banquet, when all the kingdom is inside the castel a "killer" (disease?) comes and kills them all, the rooms symbolize the stages of life or something, (what is this story called by the way?)
What is another good story to read (just list some very good ones please).
2007-12-03 12:11:34 · 8 answers · asked by Confessions 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have read:
Macbeth
Julius Cesear
Romeo and Juliet
(I'm sure some others, but those I remember the most).
2007-12-03 12:17:10 · update #1
Wow I feel dumb, it WAS Edgar Allen Poe, I was wondering if it was, thanks lol! ....I must have had to read those pretty close to each other.
2007-12-03 12:39:40 · update #2
Much Ado About Nothing - many different ridiculous plots and interfering friends who tell two people that the other is in love with him/her which is not true. It's quite funny.
2007-12-03 12:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by kittyrat234b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are thinking of two different authors.
Shakespeare did, indeed, write the play "Macbeth."
The story you are describing is actually a short story by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Masque of the Red Death."
If you are sort of new to Shakespeare, I really recommend "Romeo and Juliet" or "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The first one is a tragedy, and the second is a comedy. Both are very enjoyable, and I think they are good starters because they are often assigned to younger readers, like students in high school. They aren't as hard to understand as some of his other plays, like the histories.
Some of my other favorites include:
"The Taming of the Shrew" (a comedy)
"Othello" (a tragedy)
"King Lear" (a tragedy)
"Hamlet" (not really a favorite, but a good one to read anyway--it's one of the tragedies)
"Richard III" (super great bad guy!--and a history)
"Julius Caesar" (a tragedy)
His plays are divided into three categories: comedies, tragedies, and histories. That's why I have included what type each play is in my list above. The comedies are funny, usually with a lot of confusion and goofy stuff. The tragedies are very intense and sad. The histories are just that--historical stories.
Happy reading!
2007-12-03 12:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Bronwen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Tempest, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and MacBeth. I like mostly the comedies, of course!
2007-12-03 12:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anna P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet or The Merchant of Venice
2007-12-03 12:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by sigmarigel@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i read Julius Caesar and thoroughly enjoyed it. It contained action and passion... i also like Romeo and Juliet but that is only if you're into the love story kind of thing
2007-12-03 12:15:51 · answer #5 · answered by J.T. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello is a great play, due to the almost unmotivated pure evil of Iago and the moral conflicts faced by Othello. Another good one is Titus Adronicus, but that's more becuase it is full of murder and, well, more murder, and hideous graphic mutilation and murder.
2007-12-03 12:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Hunter S. Thompson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im a theatre freaks i would have to say romeo and juilet
a midsummers night dream all i no of at the moment
2007-12-03 12:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by yodaman134 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet. It is very good and has a nice twist at the end.
2007-12-03 12:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by vindication 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋