shitposting about shakespeare, lit, and greek myths (she/her)
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dear john (taylor's version) (4 hour version) (5 act stage play) (iambic pentameter) (from the vault)
any female born after 1830 can't cook...all they know is brontΓ« sisters, pad they bustle, ill-fitted corsets, get tuberculosis, and die.
physically i'm here but mentally i'm napping on the floor in the middle of target
sometimes i wanna post serious takes ab lit on this blog but then i realize if i try to use it for a class i could get checked for plagiarism
and im not ready to have my professors know about all the dumb shit i say here
i make fun of horatio for finding the most dramatic person he could and just enabling his behavior
and then i look in the mirror like "huh shakespeare in the park is looking a lil different this year"
hamlet: makes everything infinitely more complicated than need be, spends half his time wallowing and procrastinating
me:
me at any character whos supposed to represent the american dream
Amplify BIPOC voices βπ»βπΌβπ½βπΎβπΏ
can someone please explain to me the trend in the 90s of doing films of Shakespeare but setting them with a vaguely Victorian/Edwardian aesthetic? Like, Midsummer '99, Hamlet '96, and Twelfth Night '96.
Dorian Gray after one (1) conversation with Lord Henry
quarantine is making bertha rochester a much more relatable character, ngl
Hercule Poirot: shockingly, M. Ratchett is actually the infamous killer Cassetti!
everyone else on the Stamboul-Calais coach:
i just really want one of Shakespeare's comedies directed by Wes Anderson
i know theres a "gay best friend" trope but i feel like we need to formally acknowledge the "due to unfortunate circumstances i am gay for an absolute bastard" trope
now this is, of course, just another excuse for me to point out how gay nick carraway and horatio are
Sisyphus:
Demeter:
Practically all of the gods at some point or another:
hades:
hermes:
odysseus:
Apollo: Hey, Hermes, I've got something to tell you. I'm pan.
Hermes: Ha, I knew it! I've never seen you and goatboy in the same place at the same time!
Apollo: No, godsdamn it I-
boys night π
the first 10 likes were all Basil
i identify with hamlet because i, too, am a bisexual disasterpiece.
the houses with friends and blankets
Gryffindor- gives friend their blanket
Slytherin- goes to get a new blanket for their friend
Hufflepuff- shares their blanket
Ravenclaw- has an extra blanket just in case already
β ophelia in paintings: moodboard