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My biggest act of rebellion in academia is continuing to have fun with Shakespeare. Yes I will write scholarly criticism but no I will not stop talking about tragic protagonists being Silly Little Guys

#shakespeare #academia

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Somehow I really enjoyed writing my theory-based comps essay. Who even am I

#i thought today would be the hardest exam #but i got a REALLY good prompt #and i'm actually excited about my response #duke talks about academia

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shame to be or not to be is so overwrought in pop culture because that's some good and heavy stuff that shouldn't be made stale by joke and repetition

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lol nice outfit loser *puts phone up to ear* huh…? what? oh um- okay. anyway 1828 called. they said they found something really really scary in goya’s house

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I think English Renaissance dramatists set so many plays in Italy because they just really liked the name Antonio.

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Horrible Staging Idea #124

Macbeth but everyone is too afraid to say “Macbeth” so there’s just an awkward pause whenever his name comes up in the script. Also it isn’t printed on the program or any of the advertising

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I don't have separate tags for Henry IV Part 1 and Henry IV Part 2 because do we really have anything important to say about Part 2

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Hamlet: Horatio, I need relationship advice

Horatio: sure, what’s the problem?

Hamlet: my girlfriend caught me talking about how I want to die, so I told her I never loved her, called her a whore, and laughed as she left the room in tears

Hamlet: do you think I can salvage this

Horatio:

Horatio: what is wrong with you

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Modern Midsummer Night’s Dream adaptation where the four youths in the woods are trying to film the Goatman for their youtube channel, and the mechanicals are a band of film students trying to shoot a found footage horror movie in the same woods at the same time.

We never actually see the Goatman, but at the end Hermia checks the footage she recorded on her camera. It’s all been erased except for one clip, where someone in the dark recites the “If we shadows have offended” monologue.

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New ask game:

Reblog if you want your followers to tell you what your trademark ™️ is. Like, what’s that thing that really identifies you.

#prev choice combination of Shakespeare art and memes #❤️

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New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream

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The International Phonetic Alphabet consonants found in English, with keywords and relevant parts of the mouth highlighted and colour-coded. (Source.) 

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If you're still doing the ms paint meme, you should totally draw Constance telling King Jhon off or something

not exactly telling him off but I hope this suffices.

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Roasted chicken, ginger, daikon, shiitake mushroom soup with lime, cilantro, broccoli sprouts, and rice noodles

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"aesthetic" shakespeare misquotes are always so funny to me because they NEVER sound like Shakespeare at all.

like I would understand if people thought that Shakespeare was the one who wrote something like "mischiefs feed like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed" (taken from Ben Jonson's play Volpone)

but it's always some shit like. "when I saw you I fell in love.. and you smiled because you knew" or "you say you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains....."