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Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM

Macbeth is fantastic, as is King Lear. I don't think it's reasonable to expect that a man as prolific as Shakespeare would write nothing but quality; Romeo and Juliet is pretty much dreck, and I think Hamlet is a bit overdone in places.

Still, I would confidently put works like The Tempest and the aforementioned quality plays up against any English work penned and expect them to give a strong showing.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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