These are a few of my favourite scenes
Feb. 24th, 2011 07:34 pmI headed last entry with a quote from Romeo and Juliet, Act I scene iv. That's one of my favourite scenes in all of Shakespeare, and always has been.
I know nobody really likes Romeo and Juliet since everyone gets force-fed it in school, but I have to admit I kind of love it. The verse isn't on as epic a scale as, say, Antony and Cleopatra, but that smaller canvas is a masterpiece: the colours extravagant but balanced; the faces uncannily alive; the detail perfect down to the last touch of gilding. Romeo and Juliet is a poet's play, and though the characters are unmistakably real people, poetry is the language they all speak.
( Shake-speare? More like Fall-staff )
So what are your favourite Shakespearean moments? Enquiring minds want to know!
I know nobody really likes Romeo and Juliet since everyone gets force-fed it in school, but I have to admit I kind of love it. The verse isn't on as epic a scale as, say, Antony and Cleopatra, but that smaller canvas is a masterpiece: the colours extravagant but balanced; the faces uncannily alive; the detail perfect down to the last touch of gilding. Romeo and Juliet is a poet's play, and though the characters are unmistakably real people, poetry is the language they all speak.
( Shake-speare? More like Fall-staff )
So what are your favourite Shakespearean moments? Enquiring minds want to know!