Childhood is loving Shakespeare's fictional tragedies.

>>9317296
Sure, son. Just read Henry V for the first time?

I developed an appreciation for the histories in college during my Shakespeare class. I have a copy of Welles' "Chimes at Midnight" coming to me via interlibrary loan. I'm excited to dig into that.

shakespeare only wrote comedies pseud

>>9317296
The real tragedy is English history.

>>9317325
>le everything is a parody shakesparee is a parody cervantes is a parody they are all le degenreates like me xDDDDDDSDSDDASdasDASDAS
Cease to exist, please.

>>9317325
Incorrect but his comedies are his best works.

Why was Richard II such a hopeless fag?

>>9317362
I have a theory that he had an overly fantastical view of the monarchy, as borne out in his speeches. I think he genuinely believed that God Himself would keep him king. He felt free to prance and ponce because he thought that literal guardian angels would safeguard his kingship, as he says when he comes back from Ireland.

When that doesn't happen, and he realizes that Bolingbroke can just fucking take the crown thanks to all the soldiers he's got, he becomes totally disenchanted. That's why he gives it up so freely. It doesn't mean anything to him any more, it's just not worth what he thought it was. It's just a shiny gold headband, in the end. It doesn't come with any divine protection.

Henry IV is much more practical, on the other hand.