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089-The Complete Works of Shakespeare-William Shakespeare-Drama-1590
Barack

"Survival“ or destruction is a question worth considering."

William Shakespeare, born in Stratford, England, in 1564, died in 1616. He attended King Edward VI School and dropped out of school to earn a living after his father went bankrupt. From 1590 to 1600, it was the golden age of Shakespeare's creation. His early plays, mainly comedy and historical dramas, reached a peak of depth and artistic character at the end of the 16th century.

From 1601 to 1608, he mainly wrote tragedies. In the final stages of his life, he began to write sad comedies, also known as legendary dramas. Shakespeare's works include 37 plays, 154 fourteen poems, and two narrative poems. Reps: Hamlet, Romeo, and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, etc.

Shakespeare's Book, a playbook, covers works ranging from 1590 to 1612. It contains Shakespeare's main plays and poems. Among them, "Four Comedies" are "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Merchant of Venice," "Happy" and "Gynophore." The "Four Tragedies" are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. "Romeo and Juliet" is the main play.

Part of the directory.
1. Volume 1: The Comedy of mistakes.
2. Volume II: Nothing happens.
3. Volume III: Henry VI.
4. Volume IV: Henry IV.
5. Volume 5: Titus Anderonix.
6. Volume 6: King Lear.
7. Volume 7: Prince Thiel with Chris.
8. Volume 8: Venus and Adonis.

The devil, to frame us, often deliberately tells us the truth, gains our trust in small things, and then falls into his trap at important moments. "The horror of imagination is far more than the actual horror; the occasional thought of killing in my mind has shaken my whole body, and my mind has lost its role in the wildest thoughts, and the illusion of nothingness is true. ."

Probably most people experience such emotion. That is, when we come up with an idea, although we don't care about it at first, it gets stronger and stronger over time. and finally prompted us to put it into action.

To deceive the world, you must pretend to be as good as the world, to make your eyes, your hands, your tongue tip, everywhere welcome, let people see you as a pure flower, but under the petals, there is a poisonous snake lurking. ."

No force can spur me to realize my intentions, but my eager ambition, but desperate to drive me to risk. "Ambition can lead people to both progress and depravity. In this world, ， there are probably two sides to every quality. When the positive side plays out to attract good, when the negative side works, it leads people into the abyss.

A man should dare to do something, but a man if you dare to be a greater man than you. At that time, no matter the time and place did not give you the convenience to start, but you are determined to achieve your wishes; I once breastfed a baby and knew how a mother loved the child who sucked her milk, but I would take my nipples from its soft, tender mouth and smash it if, like you, I had sworn such a poisoned hand. ."

There is no way for people to choose who their parents are, and no way to choose who their children are, but they can choose who their spouses are. So it's not too much to be careful about choosing a spouse. Because the impact of a spouse on a person is too far-reaching. Love may be blind, but if marriage is also blind, then choose a moral and morally inferior person as a partner, which brings their pain, far greater than love brings their joy.

Evil and good ideas are like a seed. When it's planted, it's unobtrusive. If a lifetime has not encountered a suitable time for it to take root and germinate, it will forever fall. But once the right time is met, it will grow rapidly. A long-sleeping good or evil will translate into rapid action at this point.

"When people make a mistake, they have to cover it up with more mistakes. The so-called one-step wrong step is such. Power flows through the hands of different people. The new master of the throne, to obtain the throne, will certainly use many conspiracy tricks. But in the future, there will be others who will take power from his children and grandchildren. This chair-grabbing game is repeated from generation to generation.

For my good, I had to leave everything behind. I have been deep in a pool of blood if no longer involved in blood forward, then the way back is equally boring. I thought of some very deliberate schemes that had to be implemented expedited without any discretion. ."

There is usually a period of white terror after a change of dynasty. The old forces were purged and the new forces were supported. On the one hand, because the old forces cannot be willing to obey the new monarch, on the other hand, the new monarch himself is also suspicious.

Unusual behavior causes abnormal ups and downs; people with guilty consciences tend to reveal their secrets to the silent pillow; she needs the teachings of a priest more than a doctor's visit. "Probably only those who truly destroy their conscience can do the most hurtful things and have no waves in their hearts. More or less ordinary people, who are divided between good and evil, suffer from conscience for their crimes. This sense of guilt, day and night, is more severe than the punishment of the law.

Because the people under him, regardless of their status, had to abandon him as ever they found the opportunity, they accepted his orders only out of force, not out of their desire. "There's a lot of help to be lost, " he said. Without the support of the people, it is not far from a failure.

"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor sloppy man on the stage, on stage for a moment, quietly retreated in silence."

May the tongue that tells me such words be cursed forever, for it makes me lose the courage of a man! May these bullied devils never be believed again, and they fool us with ambiguous words that sound promising, but the results are completely contrary to our original expectations. ."

Prophecy Sometimes with its superficial ambiguousness, we misunderstand the outcome of the culprit. If the prophecy looks good on the surface, we will lose our caution because of the good prophecy and end up with a bad ending. If the prophecy looks bad on the surface, we may end up like thin ice in the abyss. I think the best way to deal with prophecy is never to hear the prophecy. Whether you believe him or not, the moment you hear the prophecy, he has an impact on us.

In Macbeth, the witch predicts both Macbeth's ending and Bangor's. The witch mentioned that Bangor's descendants would become monarchs, but why didn't he mention Bangor's runaway son in this tragedy?

"Fragile, your name is a woman! Just a month ago, she cried like a tearful man and buried my poor father; An irrational animal would have to grieve for a long time - she would marry my uncle, my father's brother, but he was nothing like my father, just as I was not like Heracles.

Only a month, her eyes with tears of hypocrisy have not yet dissipated redness, she married someone. Ah, the haste of sin, so can't wait to get into the be! It's not a good thing, it won't have a good result, but it's broken, my heart because I have to hold my mouth."

"To Hamlet and his flirtation, you must recognize it as a young man's momentary emotional impulse, an early spring violet precocious and easy to carve, lush and not lasting, a minute of fragrance and joy, and so on." ."

Because the process of a person's growth is not only the strengthening of muscles and Phi’s body but also the development of the body, the spirit and mind also expand at the same time. Perhaps he loves you now, his sincere will is pure and not fraudulent, but you must be careful that he has such a high status, his will does not belong to himself, because he is also subject to his lineage, he can not be like the general people for their own choice, because his decision is enough to affect the safety of the whole country, he is the head of the whole body, his choice must be agreed by all parts of the body.

So if he says that he loves you, you can't believe it, you should understand: as far as he is, if he wants to put his words into practice, he must not go beyond what is generally agreed among public opinion in Denmark. Think again, if you listen to his songs with too despicable ears, let him grab your heart, in his arrogant malfeasance, open up your precious virginity, then your reputation will suffer how much damage. Watch out, Ophelia, watch out, my dear sister, don't indulge your love, don't let the arrow of desire shoot you.

A self-loved woman, if the moon to reveal her beauty is even extreme debauchery; sages can not escape the wounds of mouths; spring grass and wood often have not vomited their buds, by the moth's erosion; as clear as the dew of youth, often by the wind blowing. So watch out, fear is the safest way to do it, and even without the temptation of others, the young man's blood will defect to himself. ."

There are a few lessons to be learned, and I hope you are etched in your memory: don't think about what you say, you must think twice about everything. Be good to people, but don't be too snouted at. Know each other well-known friends, should use steel hoops on your soul, but do not give every general new knowledge of your friendship. Be careful not to quarrel with others, but in case a dispute has started, let the other person know that you can not be lightly insulted. Listen to everyone, but speak your opinion only to a very small number of people;

Do your best to buy expensive clothes, but do not dazzle new, must be beautiful and not flamboyant, because clothing can often show personality; Don't tell people, don't lend money to people, because the debt money out, often not only lost money but also lost friends;

Especially important, you must be faithful to yourself, just as there is day and night, faithful to yourself, so as not to cheat others. May my blessing make this statement work in your actions!"

"These are all traps that capture stupid mountain dragonflies. I know that when passion burns, a person will say the exit no matter what the pledge; these flames, daughters, are more light than hot, just said that the exit will be extinguished, you can not treat them as a real fire. From now on, you will still show less of your daughter's face; you should raise your price and not let others think you are free to call. As for His Highness Hamlet, you should think that he is a young prince who has more freedom of movement than you do.

All in all, Ophelia, don't believe his vows, they are nothing more than sex, the color of the heart and clothing are completely different, only know that the seductive to do some sloppy business, just like the way the mother-in-law, only to achieve the purpose of deception. ."

This is often the case on the personal side because there are some ugly slurs in character: either innately - it cannot be blamed on me, because nature cannot be chosen by itself;

These people just carry the imprint of one of these shortcomings - a natural mark or chance of chance - no matter how holy they are in the rest, how they possess the infinite virtues that one can have, because of that particular problem, will also fester in the world's deliberations."

In The Stories, it is said that "the evils of a gentleman are the underdrive, and the evils of the world are all returned." A person who has a stain is prone to losing people's permanent trust. We must avoid everything that might damage our reputation, just as we do to avoid the plague.

"A man can be a murderer in his bones, even though he can smile all over his face." "You can lure the truth of the truth into your hook with a lie bait; we have intelligent, knowledgeable people, often using this side-knocking method to indirectly achieve our purposes; and you can follow what I said above and see my son's behavior." ."

This practice is also mentioned in Cold Reading. Instead of asking a person directly about the actual situation, it's better to describe the situation yourself first. Can be described correctly, or errors can be described. Then see how the other person reacts when they hear their description.

You can doubt that the stars are torches; you can doubt that the sun will move; you can doubt that truth is a lie, but my love never changes. Dear Ophelia! My poem is too badly written. I will not use verses to express my sorrow, but believe me, the best people ah! What I love most is you. Goodbye! Dearest lady, as long as I live, I will always be yours, Hamlet. ."

Crazy people tend to be able to say things that sane people can't say. There are too many examples of people using sincere appearances and reverent actions to disguise a devilish heart. "Shakespeare's plays have a powerful power not because of how bizarre the story itself is. Instead, he used the character's words to say many insights that resonated with the reader.

"Survival or destruction is a question worth considering; which of these two acts is nobler, either to endure the tyrannical poison arrow of fate or to stand up to the endless suffering of the world and to clear them through the struggle?" Dead; asleep; done with everything; if in this kind of sleep, the pain in our hearts, and the inevitable blows of countless other flesh and blood, can disappear from it, that is the end of what we seek. Dead; asleep; asleep and perhaps dreaming; well, obstruction is here.

2016/10/01
2020/04/12

Any edition but this.

Can't speak for individual volumes, but the text on the Complete edition is lousy, unglossed, often with intrusive editorial choices. One of their concerns is that the plays should be considered theatrical pieces. No duh. Problem is, this is a *book*, to be *read*, not watched. They presumptuously edit the plays as if they were scripts, when there are a thousand theater directors who are perfectly capable of handling that task. Ultimately, this leads to the splitting of some of the more famous works, like "King Lear". Pre-Taylor & Wells, editors simply indicated Folio or quarto provenance in the gloss, and properly conflated the text so that we could get all of Shakespeare's words. Shakespeare himself never bothered editing and collecting his plays (he was more fastidious about his long poems like "Venus and Adonis"). Evidently he didn't care about printing some kind of Ultimate Director's Edition of his plays, and he certainly had the time and means to do that. (Jonson & others did do that with their own plays.) Why Wells & Taylor are so concerned about it, when he wasn't, is mystifying.

The worst of it is that these guys seem hell-bent on stripping Shakespeare of authorship as much as possible. According to Wells & Taylor, half the plays are "co-written" by some lesser light, based on zero evidence. Their latest folly is attributing half of the "Henry VI" plays to Christopher Marlow, again with zero evidence. (Shakespeare's contemporary Robert Greene certainly "blamed" Shakespeare for those plays, but hey, what the heck did he know, right?)

If you want as much of Shakespeare's words with the least amount of modern literary quackery, try any other edition.

My beloved Complete Shakespeare from college into which I occasionally dip. I have only read certain plays and a few sonnets. Have not nearly completed my education in the Bard, but I like knowing it's there.

May 28, 2015: re-read Hamlet. Still not my favorite. I've always wished I liked or at least appreciated it more. This weekend will re-watch Kenneth Branaugh's "full-text" film, hoping for the "aha" moment.

The Godfather of the Stars

William Shakespeare did not invent the English language. He didn't dream up most of the stories he wrote in his plays and poetry. Much of it he expounded on from history and myth. Much of the human nature exhibited could be witnessed on any given day in the taverns and churches of Europe. A good deal of the morality and tone is structured on the Bible and Christian moral tones. (Much has been written about Shakespeare and the Bible as an individual topic, because the Bishop's Bible was the one read in the church services he would have attended. And, you can see its influence.) But, as Mr. Shakespeare himself in Love's Labour's Lost, referred to astronomers as 'the godfathers of the stars;' Shakespeare gave names to all our human griefs, joys, sorrows, tragedies, and loves. He named the human soul with his plays.

Remarkably, what most appears from the great richness of the pen of 'the Bard' is the beloved characters with which he has peopled the world of our imaginations. I can see them now with my eyes open. (If I may here address the characters from the pages of Mr. Shakespeare's great work...)

Why come on in King Henry V. You were so anxious to take up your crown from your dead Father's bed, young man, so you will be first in the room. With all your mistakes, you lit the stage in your moments of glorious triumph. Whether watching you slay brave Hotspur in hand-to-hand combat, or rise above the folly of your youth... I could forgive your eagerness to devour the lands of France. I couldn't help but wonder in amazement how your great General Talbot, who outlived you into the story of Henry VI, remained as the last of his age, a lasting legacy of your greatness.

Ho, you there Shylock the Jew, from The Merchant of Venice! You are in excellent company with the likes of this young King Harry, are you not?! Yet, your race dictated that you would be the villain of your story, to King Henry's hero. My heart boils with the injustice you were served. Perhaps, you should have been more eager to forgive your 'pound of flesh' debt while you were 'in the way' with your enemy. Instead of learning to curse your enemies from the fallen Queen Margaret, (Henry VI's French Queen) you should have taken other tutors.

Take Prospero there from The Tempest, he is an apt example of forgiving and for getting a son-in-law from his enemy. (Come closer blithe Ariel, I can barely see you.) Katherine of Aragon remained graceful, in the face of great wrong, when her husband King Henry VIII divorced her. Yet, I see you too, who would not forgive and forget: Othello, you Moor of Venice, quick to love and quicker to hatred. You murdered an innocent wife. Tamora, captive Queen of the Goths, your revenge brought down all those around you. The poison of your vengeance you drank from the cup of un-forgiveness General Titus served you when he would not spare your son. Tell me, Titus. Did you know, when you silenced the captive Queen that your sons would be silenced from defense before banishment, you silenced before execution, and your daughter...? So much silence reverberates through the centuries.

I have few words with which to instruct any of you great characters. But, I see the Fool there from King Lear's stage. He will have plenty to say, and of so much wisdom that we all should be glad to listen for hours to your good advice. It was such a pity that neither King Lear nor his daughters learned anything from you.

'Lay on Macduff!' I'll have a word with you there in the shadows. Whose wisdom pointed you to young Malcolm to woo him to his father's deadly sepulcher of a throne? Didn't Malcolm himself tell you that he just knew all the evil that would come from himself if he had so much power as a crown upon his head?! Blood cries out for more blood, I suppose. (I'm looking at the two of you Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.)

Poor, troubled Hamlet, yet you took time to verify that the visions tormenting you were truly the ghost of your father, before confronting your uncle. Too bad your ending couldn't have been less rotten in Denmark. Falstaff, you were such a 'false staff' for your young friend the Prince. You should have known better at your age, yet you died in your folly after he rose to the throne.

Enough! Away with you all, and back to the pages, 'ere I close this heavy book!

Dear prospective readers of Shakespeare, let me say a bit about this and that and the other before I leave you with some quotes across the spectrum, and video links. The play that seemed to lack the most was the last, Henry VIII. There, all that was really interesting was the wives... of course... why else read Henry VIII, but to see his wives? And, they were notable. The play that shines the most to me now is that of Pericles and his daughter Marina who was born in a tempest. That is indeed a fascinating tale for all ages! The other that I would mention is Queen Elizabeth herself. Picture the Queen of England sitting before the stage, listening to the great Shakespeare tell her stories of her grandparents. I imagine the little princess inside her marveled as he swept her away with his wonderful way of making sense and destiny of all that has come before us on this great stage.

I first read all of Shakespeare's plays in school. Some, I have re-read more than others over the years. Now, reading all of his work at once again so many decades later, I found I did not read alone. I was turning the pages and reading the words with my aging eyes, but there beside me was the same preteen who marveled at Julius Caesar's tale with such impression. I read it with different eyes now, but the same awe is there. It is a great work. I read this from a huge hardback leather edition that is in chronological order, instead of the usual division between folios. I liked it better this way, and still yet, I find I liked the comedies the least.

I found that Amazon Prime has a variety of Shakespeare streaming productions available, most for free. They are faithful to the written script. Some are even recorded on a live stage. The two that I recommend most are The Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, even though it is sandwiched into a 'Hitler-like' scenario; and the production of Pericles, which is visually fascinating. Oh... the Julius Caesar is a must watch as well!

Here are the links and quotes I mentioned:
BBC Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Pericles

"I'd rather keep that which I have than coveting for more, be cast from possibility of all." -King Richard VI

"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" - King Richard III

"We owe God a death." - King Henry IV

"The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness And time to speak it in. You rub the sore when you should bring the plaster." - The Tempest

"I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The games' afoot: Follow your spirit;" -Henry V

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;" -Henry V

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me;" -Richard II

"The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn no traveler returns," - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" -Shylock the Jew in The Merchant of Venice

"Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates" -Cassius to Brutus in Julius Caesar

"There is a world elsewhere." -Coriolanus

"If there be fire before me, must I straightway run to burn myself?" Marina in Pericles

"Who worse than a physician would this report become? But I consider by medicine life may be prolong'd, Yet death will seize the doctor too." -Cymbeline

"Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word." - Luciana in The Comedy of Errors

"These earthy godfathers of heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. Too much to know, is to know naught but fame; and every godfather can give a name." Love's Labours' Lost

"Everyone can master a grief but he that has it." -Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing

"Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head." - As you Like It

"Shame to him whose cruel striking kills for faults of his own liking! Twice treble shame on Angelo, To weed my vice and let his grow!" - Measure for Measure

"A lady's verily is as potent as a lord's." -Hermione in The Winter's Tale

"It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't." -Paulina in The Winter's Tale

"The game is up!" - Cymbeline

"Now my old arms are young John Talbot's grave." - Old Talbot in King Henry VI

"Superfluity come sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer." - The Merchant of Venice

"To be or not to be, that is the question." - Hamlet

"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." - Hamlet

Far more fascinating and accessible than I might have expected. Occasionally horrendous. Often brilliant. Lots of amazingly sharp female characters who then give in right after tearing someone a new one. More variation to the tragedies than the comedies. Nearly constant opportunities to talk about various social issues and human foibles with the theater tween.

A shelf book I've had since the 1980s, that I turn to occasionally. My favorite in the book is Macbeth.

It seems this Cambridge University Press edition is no longer in print. The content can be seen in other publishings, but the physical book I have is cherished.

At this point in time a review of William's collected works seems redundant. However, the experience of reading all his works as a single book is worth noting. I have read The Collected Works twice. Both times I did so in one go. Read slept read slept read etc. until finished. (I would read while eating and other activities, so really only stopped for sleeping.)

This practice with this particular work is extremely beneficial. William is not an easy read, at first. That difficulty in the beginning easily fools us into believing it will remain so, but it doesn't. For a few reasons. First, the way the plays are written and to whom they were written, comes into, er... play. (Forgive me.) William wrote to an audience comprised of every level of literacy and sophistication. In every play he caters to them all.

Typically, he will have a complex literary part, filled with references particular to the time, or complex convoluted language, his equivalence of "purple prose." These passages, now, without knowing the specifics referred to or the out of date vocabulary can be hard to decipher. But, fortunately William also had an uneducated "common" audience. He would inevitably follow those difficult sections with straightforward, simple and obvious written which clarifies everything and lets us know what we need to know o follow the story. All we have to do is wait. Suspend our understanding for a while and let the comprehension come to us, instead of the usual other way around. A most handy skill with William.

Another benefit from reading the works as a single book with minimal breaks is the Attunement of the brain. I was not writing either time I read the Complete Works, I wish I had been. A consequence of that intense immersion is that one's brain realigns and adjust and, well, actually regrows neurons to accommodate the immersion and emphasis, all resulting in an increased capacity to assimilate, understand and comprehend. This mechanism is a most incredible one, and applies to anything we do, if we give it a chance to do so. We have to "get into' whatever it is we immerse ourselves into. We have to allow a bit of time for that Immersion to take hold.

With William the effect is dramatic. The more one reads the more one "clicks' and gets the language. Not only the language, but his brilliance. his metaphors, his wisdom, his insights into psychology and motivation. His cleverness and artistry, all become magnified. The more we Attune, the more magic there is to behold. When it comes to Appreciation, Shakespeare is one author that dramatically amplifies our joy the more we tune into his language and style. he is layered beyond layering.

For me, that immersion, since I did nothing else and likely barely spoke to anyone else during the read, the immersion resulted in my speech and thinking being affected. I could talk, "in Shakespeare." A most marvellous phenomenon. If I had been writing I would have loved to write something in that style. I came easy after the total involvement and my brain had the opportunity to retrain itself.

All in all, reading William's complete works as a book is highly highly recommended, as doing so opens us up to being able to connect with the fullness of his unparalleled genius.

1. All’s Well that Ends Well: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. The Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. As You Like It: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. The Comedy of Errors: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. The Tragedy of Coriolanus: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Cymbeline: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. The History of King Henry IV, Part 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

10. The History of King Henry IV, Part 2: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

11. The History of King Henry IV, Part 3: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

12. The History of King Henry V: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. The History of King Henry VI, Part 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14. The History of King Henry VI, Part 2: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15. The History of King Henry VIII: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

16. The History of King John: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

17. The Tragedy of King Lear: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

18. The History of King Richard II: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

19. The History of King Richard III: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

20. Love’s Labour's Lost: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

21. Macbeth: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

22. Measure for Measure: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

23. The Merchant of Venice: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

24. The Merry Wives of Windsor: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

25. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

26. Much Ado About Nothing: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

27. The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

28. Pericles, Prince of Tyre: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

29. The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

30. The Taming of the Shew: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

31. The Tempest: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

32. The Life of Timon of Athens: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

33. The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

34: The History of Troilus & Cressida: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

35. Twelfth Night; or, What You Will: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

36. The Two Gentlemen of Verona: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

37. The Two Noble Kinsmen: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

38. The Winter’s Tale: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

39. The Sonnets: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

40. A Lover’s Complaint: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

41. The Passionate Pilgrim: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

42. The Phoenix & the Turtle: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

43. The Rape of Lucrece: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

44. Venus & Adonis: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Overall content: sexual things, swearing.

Phew, I finally finished this. It only took... What, ten months?

This edition was remarkable in that it not only included all of the plays and sonnets, but also different folio versions or stage versions of the same. I found that redundant and interesting by turn, depending on the play (and how many changes there were). I did have some trouble with the formatting, but the plays overall were presented very well.

I fell in love with "Titus Andronicus" all over again and re-affirmed my dislike for "Romeo and Juliet" (grow up, Romeo), and discovered a few new plays.

Objectively, this is good. I can’t rate it, though. Analyzing Shakespeare under grading criteria made my brain hurt. God rest his soul. Amen. Praised be. After all the loans you’d think the frame for my degree would be free, but yanno

Simply put, When you have The Complete Works of William Shakespeare you have one of the best works of literature ever written. I would definitely place it in the top 10 best works of literature of all time. I bought this book at special price from here:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works...