April 2021

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The 11 Types of Characters that Die in Shakespearean Tragedies

(Every dead Shakespeare tragedy character fits into one or more of these categories)

  1. Guy with very few lines who’s still relevant and/or a fan favorite character
  2. Annoying person who you’re glad will have no more stage time
  3. Tragic Innocent Woman
  4. Main Antagonist
  5. Title character
  6. Comic Relief 
  7. Bystander caught in the crossfire of everyone else’s bad decisions 
  8. Old Man
  9. King
  10. Someone’s Wife 
  11. Guy who’s actually Right in his own way but being correct doesn’t stop you from dying. sorry. 

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edette, i finally had time to start reading king lear!! i like how it starts with "ah yes. this is my son. my bastard son who is a bastard."

Yup- Shakespeare’s really great at opening up his plays with great conversations

The whole opening of Lear is like 

Kent: is that your son?

Gloucester: Ah yes my bastard son. He’s illegitimate.

Kent: okay-

Gloucester: His mom was hot tho

Kent: oka-

Gloucester: Just. SO hot. 

Kent: o-

Gloucester: Anyway I have a legitimate son who’s older than him. I like that one better. But I don’t have a favorite child lol.