Question of the Week
Monday, May 26th, 2008We did a reading of As You Like It yesterday, and the question of the best marriage in Shakespeare came up again.
Here’s what I had to say last year in response to Cesario, a fellow blogger who suggested that it was the Macbeths:
I’ve heard Harold Bloom express this opinion, and I get the equal partnership aspect, but I find their relationship too dysfunctional and codependent to pay them this compliment. The title “Best Marriage in Shakespeare” is a dubious honor, but I think I’d have to go with Brutus and Portia. They seem like they have a really strong relationship. The fact that it can be torn apart by the assassination is a testament to the earth-shattering significance of that event. We won’t count the marriages at the end of the comedies, because who knows how they’ll fare?
But now, I turn the question over to you.
What’s the best marriage in Shakespeare?
P.S. Cesario is currently annotating the text of Hamlet, scene by scene, on her blog. Check it out.