April 2021

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So all along Puck’s name was Robin Goodfellow?

I dont like that at all

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In the end of the day I know I’ll never be able to appreciate The Tempest as much as I should because I learned it in school before I got into Shakespeare and didn’t really like how it was taught

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every Shakespeare reference in TCOMC

(Or at least every shakespeare reference that has a footnote- it’s easier to search for references in the footnotes)

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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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Where do Brutus and Cassius fit in your death categories?

(I spent a solid 10 minutes trying to find where I put the chart of the death breakdown)

Cassius was in the Main Antagonist category 

Brutus was in the Guy who tries his best but it ultimately doesn’t work out for him (I know that’s not how I phrased that category in the post I posted- it’s the last category on the list)

(Update: Just checked what I posted- I called that category “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.

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Olivia @ Cesario

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@ Shakespeare side of tumblr:

So (as anyone who follows me knows) I just recently finished A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and I have a question that I hope can be answered-

Why are there so many speeches that are entirely rhyming?

I feel like I need to see a production of it to hear how it sounds, but that way I read it in my head came out sounding like a Dr Seuss book

(I do not mean that as an insult or anything. I just feel like the rhyming threw me off a bit)