# Hottest Women in Shakespeare **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698 "2010-05-07T23:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/21 "2010-05-11T02:11:23Z")
She was already mentioned up thread, but Kate from Taming Of The Shrew would be some great “angry sex.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/22 "2010-05-11T02:20:22Z")
_Othello:_ I wouldn’t waste my time on a sweet Hostess Twinkie like the gentle Desdemona, but Iago’s wife [Emilia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_%28Othello%29) is just the kind of smart, cynical bitch that could show a guy an unforgettable time! Sure, Iago will just ruin your life afterwards on general principles, but, man! Totally worth it! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/23 "2010-05-11T02:24:03Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > What about Altaira Morbius from _Forbidden Planet_? Does she count? Who, [Miranda?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_%28The_Tempest%29) Sure, if you like the kind who’s such a virgin that you have to explain to her what the word means. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/24 "2010-05-11T02:27:41Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Cleopatra? Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. Hubba- **HUBBA!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/25 "2010-05-11T04:42:29Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > Kate, from Taming of the Shrew. Better yet, Kate as played by [Cybill Shepherd](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvG13Pg-Kc). ---
**Author:** ![Flying\_Saucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/26 "2010-05-11T05:30:18Z")
I’m surprised I’m only the second vote for Titania. Close your eyes and picture the Fairy Queen. Tell me she’s not hot. Plus, she throws herself at the ugliest guy in the play. Yes, that’s because of a magical flower, but I have access to those. And in Act Four, Scene One, Titania brings in her THREE HOT FAIRY SERVANTS to massage Bottom (the character, not her bottom) and please him in various ways. Well, Bottom refers to each fairy as “Monsieur,” but in my high school production, they were all played by cute girls. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/27 "2010-05-11T17:36:34Z")
> [@Flying\_Saucer](#): > > I’m surprised I’m only the second vote for Titania. > > Close your eyes and picture the Fairy Queen. Tell me she’s not hot. Actually, the phrase calls to mind Ru Paul . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/28 "2010-05-11T19:07:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > _Othello:_ Iago’s wife [Emilia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_%28Othello%29) is just the kind of smart, cynical bitch that could show a guy an unforgettable time! Sure, Iago will just ruin your life afterwards on general principles, but, man! Totally worth it! Well, apparently, not only \*could \*she, but, she apparently _did_. After all, one of Iago’s complaints against the Moor was: > [@Iago](#): > > I hate the Moor: > And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets > He has done my office: I know not if’t be true; > But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, > Will do as if for surety. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/29 "2010-05-11T19:23:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Who, Miranda? Sure, if you like the kind who’s such a virgin that you have to explain to her what the word means. Both Miranda and Altaira had a solid academic understanding of biology; they just lacked practical experience. Either one would be appealing if the question was who we would want to marry and settle down with (they would, after all, gain that experience quickly enough), but this thread, as I understand it, is all about the hot monkey love. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/30 "2010-05-11T23:40:56Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Better yet, Kate as played by [Cybill Shepherd](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvG13Pg-Kc). I’ll be in mine bunk. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698/31 "2010-05-13T20:57:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Juliet and Ophelia both end up as suicides, of course – but there’s a difference: Juliet’s suicide is Tragic… nah, just stupid. Anybody who fell in love that easily, would have fallen in love again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-women-in-shakespeare/538698.md?page=1)