hey fellas is it bad that I spent most of King Lear thinking that the daughters were the good guys
no you’re right
it’s so valid of them to be concerned about a parent who’s prone to random impulsive fits of anger in which he exiles people who he loved 5 minutes ago
the Lear antagonists all are so extremely reasonable in their grievances. to the point where I barely think of them when I think of Shakespeare antagonists
anyway yeah Goneril and Regan are the good guys. to me personally.
stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo
ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”
stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo
ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”
stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo
ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”
an hour later and I’ve done 16 out of 30
woooo we’re getting somewhere with this :)
y'all should know that I finished my stats homework around 8:30am
so the child gets out of omelas. someone lets him out of the room. or he got out on his own. but he’s angry. vengeful. and so he burns down the city that tortured him for the sake of their own prosperity.
and the people see this.
and they say “the prophecy was right! the child got out and look what’s become of us!”
and no one cares that it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. and no one stops to think whether raising that child among their own would have saved both their beloved city and this detested–
ok so i feel like i do have to start my ginger hamlet defense with the fact that im ginger and identify way too strongly with hamlet. so. i mean. i feel like theres a clear root there.
however i do have genuine reasons for ginger hamlet. one is that i dont like blond hamlet very much because men shouldn’t be blond /j and i feel like black haired hamlet is very shoo in gothic. this only changes with 1) dyed hair hamlet (which most blond hair hamelt is anyways) and 2) hamlet played by a POC
anyways, reasons i think hamlet should be ginger:
makes him incredibly visually distinct in group shots and scenes while wearing all black
makes the all black more vivid and mourning-esque because of the pale skin
pale skin would blend in with a marble elsinore (my personal design) while his dark clothes would take him out of it (similarly i think dark skinned ophelia wearing white would have the opposite effect of belonging vs wish to belong)
you cant dye your hair when ginger unless you want to look very ugly so hamlet continues to be trapped in a body/world that he cant change in his favor
if hamlet sr is ginger it’s clear he sees himself in his father. if hamlet sr isnt but claudius is theres that tension of having to see yourself in someone who is terrible
and also lets just shake it up a little. blond hamlet black haired hamlet hes been all of this. ginger hamlet? i could be the first ginger hamlet
I was so neutral up until hamlet’s hair color either matching his father’s or claudius’s. that’s so perfect. I need that.
technically you could do that with any physical feature (including but not limited to hair color, including but not limited to ginger). HOWEVER. I do like how distinct ginger is. And I’m completely on board with your hamlet staging color scheme of black clothes on a white marble set.
gloucester should share a physical feature with edmund. something not overly noticeable, but something you can’t easily hide. he’s really stuck with physical evidence that edmund is his.
of course the feature could be anything. but given the eye symbolism,, let them both have the same unique eye color.
gloucester should share a physical feature with edmund. something not overly noticeable, but something you can’t easily hide. he’s really stuck with physical evidence that edmund is his.
of course the feature could be anything. but given the eye symbolism,, let them both have the same unique eye color.
when some random guy has a blorbo opinion i disagree with: blocked you will die and no one will remember your name
when my beloved mutual has a blorbo opinion i disagree with: i have never considered this, but perhaps i could be won over… your passion compells me my beloved…
the unfortunate lack of shakespeare musicals is so sad. there’s so much material there. So much public domain material.
thank you to Shaina Taub for adapting Twelfth Night and As You Like It, they’re both fantastic musicals and I highly recommend everyone listen to them if you haven’t already–
but we need someone out here adapting the tragedies too
honestly wish the word Bully had less of an elementary school connotation because if we could regularly call people bullies without it sounding silly it would be such an improvement to most modern terms
he would not fucking say that moments in fan interpretations is frustrating but at least you can ignore it. when the source itself makes him fucking say that that’s when you’re fucked.
but what if it’s sarcastic
“oh well if you’re noble.. in that case everything’s ok you could do whatever you want! of course, of course, I respect the nobility– love all the microaggressions I experience every time I gotta talk to one!”
also completely separate headcanon re:edmund trial by combat and the line about forgiving edgar if he’s noble–
I do believe that edmund’s kinda overjoyed at the opportunity to actually beat up a noble and get away with it.
the whole play he’s had to work with subterfuge as his primary weapon because there’s no other way for someone of his social status to safely fight the nobility.
but now he’s a noble. and he can, if he so desires, accept this duel and potentially harm a noble with little to no consequence.
I fully understand why edmund/goneril is the more populare ship, but can I interest you in the beauty of edmund/regan
the second child. the overlooked child. who lashes out at the world that favors the eldest by default. neither get the benefits of being doted on as the youngest, as cordelia may have had many years ago, as a legitimate child may have had in the gloucester household–
even as regan openly displays more violence and anger than her sisters, she still can’t catch her father’s attention; he’s busy fixating on his firstborn who betrayed him. Betrayed him by not allowing him to keep one hundred knights in her house. he curses goneril’s name and forgets regan’s.
its crazy when i like a female character and i think well she’s clearly flawed but at least she’s interesting :) and then i make the fatal mistake of witnessing other people’s opinions on the subject and find out that the consensus amongst fans is that she’s an irredeemable demon bitch from hell
sometime you read a post that makes you go “I understand your point, but your opinions are concerningly ignoring half of the issue, and it’s coming across as you trying to justify one kind of bad behavior with another”
and all of your comparisons are making me want to also teach them king lear which i simply. do not have time for.
it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)
I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade
however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards
[but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]
it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)
I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade
however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards
[but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]
my most toxic trait is i fucking love work gossip. i play neutral not to be the bigger person or take the high road but to hear slander and hearsay from every side. two coworkers complained about each other to me in the same afternoon and i nearly blacked out from the rush
Alternate universe where I literally just to go to school forever (for free) so I can just learn about art and literature and history and languages for 100 years. No job skills. No credit requirements. No student loans. Just learning.
the unfortunate lack of shakespeare musicals is so sad. there’s so much material there. So much public domain material.
thank you to Shaina Taub for adapting Twelfth Night and As You Like It, they’re both fantastic musicals and I highly recommend everyone listen to them if you haven’t already–
but we need someone out here adapting the tragedies too
