Does anyone really like Shakespeare? And if so, which is your favourite?

You seem rather persistent on marriage!

Oh dear, have I proposed before? Awkward..

Thrice! Here, for treacle biscuits, and when you thought I was a wealthy heiress

Ah yeah, I remember now. Why haven't you said yes yet?!

I used to hate him but that was just out of pre-conceived ignorance. Now I love Shakespeare. He is virtually unparalleled in what he writes, the complexity of his language and the depth of the themes he plays upon are incredible. My favourite is definitely Othello after studying it for A-Level last year. Shakespeare is daunting for everybody at first, mainly because of the language but it is brilliant when you manage to get past that. My mind was so opened to him by the time of my exam almost a year ago that it strikes me that though written so long ago, many traits of human emotion are still powerfully represented through his characters that his plays are so relevant today. Give it a chance mate.

^God I really sound like I'm bumming him there haha

I did Romeo and Juliet when I was little and that put me off it for years, I might like it if I saw it done properly. I love love love love love love Much Ado About Nothing, it's my favourite play ever. And Henry IV Part I and II and Henry V, they're amazing Especially when he proposes to Katherine, it's such a cute and funny little scene. I like Midsummer Night's Dream as well, I did that once, although I don't like it as much as Much Ado. I like Taming of the Shrew although I still can't see how people think he's not sexist. I've got a Shakespeare List of all the ones I still need to see/read, there's a lot left on it.

Aw, you just made my night a million times better by saying they you sound like you're "bumming him".
Here is a secret: Everyone, including yourself, keeps mentioning Othello and I've never read it

Lord, I had to do my coursework about whether or not Katherina was a shrew and, if so, did she get what she deserved. Basically a massive essay on whether or not the play was sexist, in what sense and how that effected the characters and I wanted to die by the end of it. I must admit though, although it does hold some sexist language, it was due to the time and I believe that Katherina was playing Petruchio's game by the end of the play and that she wasn't tamed after all. Then again, I also believe that Bianca was the shrew and therefore my opinions may not count...

So, as the title says, do you like Shakespeare? And if so, what do you like? His sonnets, his plays, what?

I agree; some of Marlowe is grand. 'Tamburlaine' II.7.12-29 is a good example. ('Nature that framed us of four elements' etc.) The thought lurking at the back of my mind was that I could never imagine him writing something like 'I know a bank where the wild thyme blows / Where oxslips and the nodding violet grows'.