For me it would be Juliet (the Olivia Hussey version).
If she leaned over me from that balcony, bosom squeezing out of her bodice, and breathily said that line, “Goodnight!..Goodnight!..Parting is such sweet sorrow,” I would just about POUNCE. “Parting?! I’m f***ing staying!!!”
(But, you say, Juliet was only fourteen or so, and the actress was only fifteen. Well, OK, but as far as I know Franco Zeffirelli didn’t have to go to jail for showing her nude.)
If I were female or gay, my choice would not be Romeo but rather Mercutio. I have a thing for the bad boys.
Portia, from The Merchant of Venice. Clearly the smartest person in the play, and the funniest, and the most courageous. Antonio, the sniveling milksop, doesn’t deserve her.
Thanks. Except you missed the chance to correct me: Portia ends up with Bassanio, not Antonio as I originally said. Thankfully, I realized my own stupid error, but not until after I had put it up for all the world to see. :rolleyes:
That said, Bassanio is still a twit. Not as bad as Antonio, but Portia should still have done better.
Oh, and still on topic: Beatrice from Much Ado ain’t half bad either.
First of all, I guess you all knew I’d be showing up, sooner or later.
Secondly, I’ll take the OP to be asking which ONE I’d most want to f***. In that case, the answer is pretty much a slam dunk for me.
I should start by saying that I have great respect for Cervaise’s posts. He’s clearly a man of intelligence, wit, culture, and has formidable writing skills to boot. Helluva guy.
I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with him, though.
The answer, for me, is quite clearly Helen of Troy from Troilus and Cressida. The face that launched a thousand ships? One of the very epitomes of beauty?
Hell, yes, I’d do her. Long before I’d do Portia.
Remember, the OP referenced SEX. It said NOTHING about a relationship, marriage, or companionship. If the choice were who I would prefer to date/marry/spend the rest of my life with, then I’d agree with Cervaise and choose Portia. Though Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra would also be intriguing, as would Beatrice from Much Ado, Kathryn from Taming of the Shrew (I…I…mean Katherine–wonder how I made that mistake? :p) or Desdemona from Othello (loyal even unto death).
But for carnal relations? Helen of Troy all the way (second choice would probably be Venus from Venus and Adonis, but as Medea’s Child is fond of pointing out, bad things tend to happen when you have sex with a god).
Not a problem. I give Beatrice and Benedick about six happy months before those two waspy tongues start getting used for their original purposes again, and there’s a big separation scene, and possibly Beatrice asks dopey ol’ Claudio to kill Benedick for her.
Beatrice would be great for a cheap sleazy weekend in Vegas or someplace, but I can’t imagine a long-term (more than a month!) relationship with her. Same goes for Kate.
