I read almost all of this book in high school. Had already read a few of Shakespeare's plays in other books/editions. This is a terrific collection and I do highly recommend it. I'm especially fond of it. Although, reading each of his works in different editions is perfectly ok as well, and I've read and enjoyed other versions too. But read him!; nobody is greater.

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

Romeo and Juliet — 4 stars
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — 5 stars
King Richard II — 3 stars
The Merchant of Venice — 4 stars
King Henry IV Part One — 3 stars
Much Ado About Nothing — 5 stars
Julius Caesar — 3 stars
Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will — 4 stars
Measure For Measure — 2 stars
Othello, the Moor of Venice — 4 stars
The Winter’s Tale — 5 stars
The Tempest — 5 stars

I believe my favorite Shakespeare play is A Winter’s Tale: Paulina, redemption, quirky weirdness and magical resurrection. Paulina is, arguably, the best character in all of his plays.

Ya'll already knew this was coming because I did the same thing for Oscar but these compilations of my reviews are so damn satisfying to me.

The Comedies
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Love’s Labour’s Lost
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• A Midsummer Nights’ Dream
• Much Ado About Nothing
• The Taming of the Shrew
• Twelfth Night
• Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Tragedies
• Coriolanus
• Titus Andronicus
• Romeo and Juliet
• Julius Caesar
• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Othello
• Antony and Cleopatra

The Histories
• King John
• Richard II
• Henry IV Part 1
• Henry IV Part 2
• Henry V
• Henry VI Part 1
• Henry VI Part 2
• Henry VI Part 3
• Richard III
• Henry VIII

The Late Romances
• Cymbeline
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• The Tempest
• The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Problem Plays
• All’s Well That Ends Well
• Measure for Measure
• The Merchant of Venice
• Timon of Athens
• Troilus and Cressida
• The Winter’s Tale

The Poetry
• The Sonnets
• A Lover’s Complaint
• The Narrative Poems

It took me four years to finish Willie's entire body of work, and even though there were some ups and downs, ultimately, I am more than happy that I followed through with this project. I learned so much along the way (about literature, about England, about myself, about reviewing books, about researching and doing secondary reading). Willie's works are truly a treasure.

A way for me to keep track of all the Shakespeare I have (not) read without cluttering my to-read shelf.

COMEDIES

And so my hypothesis is wrong. I was going to say that my Yale Shakespeare makes Bottom's Dream look like kiddie=play. But, no. Only 1517 pages. Two column. But it is BIG. FAT and TALL and THICK. .....BUT, you'll notice that the 406 editions of the Complete Shakespeare as listed on gr have garnered a total of 45,434 Ratings & 742 Reviews. In other words, there are more people who have read ALL of Shakespeare than are dreamt of in your dreams of slender volumes. Bottom's Dream ain't so bad.....

this is officially the biggest book I own, and it’s actually just a bunch of books/ plays/ poems in one

19/10 - I've just started a course on Shakespeare through FutureLearn and the first play that we are studying is The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is one I know absolutely nothing about. So far, I've read about three pages, or to the end of scene one and what I understand is that while I can barely understand the language, I can get the general gist of what's going on (or at least I think I can). There are many instances where God is Got, better is petter, brings is prings, very is fery, good is goot, and w is left off the beginning of a couple of words, all of which makes for confusing and slow reading. I think I understand what was being discussed in scene one - Shallow has accused Falstaff of assault, breaking and entering and poaching of his deer - but it was a little difficult to pull that information out of all those difficult and misspelt words. Professor Bate's (who is the scholar running the course) comment that Elizabethan's weren't concerned with spelling is certainly proven correct by the writing in The Merry Wives of Windsor. To be continued...

At the end of act I, scene III - I don't understand why Falstaff is trying to woo a pair of married women. Is he just being spiteful? Or is he delusional enough to really believe that they 'gave him good eyes'? To be continued...

26/10 - Well I finished it, mostly thanks to www.sparknotes.com. I really had trouble with the language throughout the play and had to refer to SparkNotes at least once a page. I could see where the dialogue might be funny, but I think it might work better as an acted out play rather than a read one. I feel like I would have enjoyed The Merry Wives of Windsor a lot more if I had been able to imagine what was happening in the scene better.

Our next play to study is A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is one of the plays I studied at school, I think I was in year 10 literature, so about 16. I remember enjoying it and the movie with Calista Flockhart and Kevin Kline, also the Balanchine ballet. I think I might have to make a concerted effort to get my hands on one or both of these, watching the action really does help my comprehension of the dialogue. To be continued...

31/10 - A Midsummer Night's Dream was an easier and much more humourous read. Having read it before and seen the 1999 movie surely made a difference and "Yay!" I've managed to download/rent that same movie through my pay tv service. A movie of this week's play, Henry V, is proving more difficult to acquire. No luck with my pay tv service, iTunes, Hoyts Kiosk, or my library system.

I've heard the quote

"Once more unto the breach, my dear friends..."

many times but had no idea it was Shakespeare's words that I was hearing, or a paraphrased version of it, from sources as diverse as Star Trek to every day use around the office. To be continued...

PopSugar 2015 Reading Challenge: A Play

Update: Seven plays into my current spree, I'm going to have to put this on hold due to a lack of time. I've now read 17 total- my most severe weakness is the histories (have only read Richard III and Henry IV). When I come back to this project, I think that I will be reading those in order.

1st: Macbeth (finished-review posted)
2nd: Two Gentlemen of Verona (finished-review posted)
3rd: King Lear (finished-review posted)
4th: Merchant of Venice (finished-review posted)
5th: Othello (finished-review posted)
6th: Comedy of Errors (finished-review posted)
7th: Antony and Cleopatra (finished)

Original Post: I've been thinking about doing this for awhile, but as it is Shakespeare's birthday, I've decided that now is the time to start this project. I want to read everything, starting with the plays I haven't read in awhile, or at all, and moving to the ones I'm more familiar with. I'll post individual reviews as I go through.

Always a pleasure

A most beautiful and aesthetically pleasing book.
Not quite complete as it lacks The Two Noble Kinsmen.