30 Days of Shakespeare: Day 12 - your favourite scene

[nwhyte]

Pericles, Act 4 Scene 5, in its entirety.

Mytilene: a street before the brothel.

Enter, from the brothel, two Gentlemen

First Gentleman: Did you ever hear the like?
Second Gentleman: No, nor never shall do in such a place as this, she being once gone.
First Gentleman: But to have divinity preached there! did you ever dream of such a thing?

Comments

[trepkos]

I really love the scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus and Mark Anthony made their speeches; my class performed it for our annual "Shakespeare Competition" and won.

[nwhyte]

I'm just lining up a bunch of posts in this series for the rest of the week (I'll be on the road from Wednesday), and Mark Antony's speech is a very strong contender for #17.

[trepkos]

I also like Macbeth's speech near the end, where he decides to fight anyway, despite all the portents.

[nwhyte]

I have another Macbeth post coming up too!

[manjushra]

I am impressed that you know where all your school peers have ended up in the world and in their careers.

[nwhyte]

Not all of them - just the ones I liked!