Hamlet

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 4:09 pm

Ok, i don't want to bore anyone by going on about the play or anything (although it was very good) and insead i have to write an english essay on it. Now i'm just going to ask in the most basic way possible, if anyone here has read it, do you you feel Hamlet is himself mad?

Also do you have any sympathy for the guy? if so how does it develop through the play?

I will not copy your answers, i've actually already just about finished my essay, i'm just wondering what you lot think about it.

Post by **Keith Jordan** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:48 pm

I have only ever read Macbeth. I am interested in reading all of Shakespears work but wouldnt know where to start. Would I read it in chronological order??

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:28 pm

I dont think i would recommened reading Shakespeare for pleasure. To me, its the kind of reading that is done in school, and studied and all. But, if you really want to, i would start off with Romeo and Juliet, its a good, easy one. Julius Caesar is also easy.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:31 pm

Hmm, ok, it goes like this:

King John
Henry 6 part 1
Comedy of errors
Titus Andronicus
The taming of the shrew
Two gentlemen of verona
the merry wives of windsor
richard 2
romeo and juliet
richard 3
the merchant of venice
henry 4 part 2
love's labour's lost
as you like it
henry 5
a midsummer night's dream
henry 6 part 2
much ado about nothing
henry 6 part 3
twelth night
troilus and cressida
hamlet
measure for measure
henry 4 part 1
othello
all's well that ends well
julius caesar
macbeth
king lear
antony and cleopatra
timons of athens
coriolanus
pericles
cymbeline
the winter's tale
the tempest
henry 8

Bloody hell that took a while to type. Anyway, i wold definitly advise Hamlet cause it's brilliant stuff.

Post by **Keith Jordan** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:02 pm

Thanks David. I will make my way throuhg that list in 2003. I will start with Hamlet though.

Post by **mosespa** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:02 am

kjnpf wrote:I have only ever read Macbeth. I am interested in reading all of Shakespears work but wouldnt know where to start. Would I read it in chronological order??

Not to be flip...but do you listen to PF in chronological order?

Post by **Keith Jordan** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:39 am

mosespa wrote:Not to be flip...but do you listen to PF in chronological order?

I do, yes.

Furious · Post by **Furious** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:10 pm

so do i actually.

its better than skipping albums.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 4:56 pm

I couldn't hear them in chornological order, some albums would have to be missed out.

Furious · Post by **Furious** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:28 pm

well, from, say AHM onwards....

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 5:13 pm

If i was to do it i couldn't listen to AHM and then Meddle, it would just be irritating. I also couldn't listen to More, AMLOR or Umma Gumma.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 3:34 pm

Been away for a while eating cheese... This layout looks amazing!

So, Ummagumma: definitely their least successful album. Atom Heart Mother may sound like a band thrashing about in the dark, but, hey, it's got tunes and stuff. Ummagumma is just messy. 'Meadows' and 'Eugene' are good, though. Needless to say.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 6:09 pm

I just listened to Pink Floyd in chonological order over the last few days. And for some reason i found AMLOR a lot easier to listen to than AHM, Meddle or ASFOS. Strange that, but half way through AHM i was just bored of it. Same with ASFOS and Meddle, but to less of an extent.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:49 pm

Several Species is crap in my opinion, i know some people are gonna say "but its original!" i really dont care, its dumb

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 5:24 pm

Ok, this is going to serve no intrest to anyone, but i'm proud of it, i got an A and a B+ for the Hamlet essays and the exam is next week which the teacher guessed i'm getting an A/B for.

So how did evryone here do in their exams? Any exams, it doesn't matter, just boast, you're all sound guys (and gals) so boast!