30 days of Shakespeare: Day 3 - your favourite hero

[nwhyte]

This is actually quite tricky, because Shakespeare's most interesting characters are more likely to be villains than heroes, and if heroes they tend not to be all that admirable. I've written already about Hamlet and Macbeth, nether of whom really fits the bill - Hamlet is fascinating, but one struggles to like him, and Macbeth is certainly on the

Comments

[trepkos]

I'd never seen these plays until I got the DVD of the Hiddlestone version; fabulous! Not sure the vids work though.

[plicease]

I really must have wanted this question to be your favorite villain because I had to read that about three times before I realized you were looking for a hero. I guess will have to wait for the right day.

[pennski]

I'm going to go for Benedict for growing and changing helping save Hero.