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Originally Posted by Chief Rum
Yup, I was wondering what work of his would be chosen, and this had the inside track in my mind. Romeo & Juliet was the other one, but I feel that is much more a "popular" choice, as opposed to a critical choice. Not that Romeo & Juliet is not an accomplished work, and almost certainly the most well-known tragic love story. But there are underlying psychological motivations and brilliant word choices that, IMO, elevate other Shakespeare works like Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello over Romeo & Juliet.
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I was planning to choose Sonnet 18. Famous, and would have given a poet category and leave fiction open but this is good too. I prefer Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear better among the non histories though.