Pedro reading Pablo Neruda’s (a Chilean poet) Spanish translation of one of Romeo’s monologues from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for the Public Theater of New York in April, 2020. (X)
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(summaries from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
Romeo and Juliet: The classic story of boy meets girl; girl's family hates boy's family; boy's family hates girl's family; boy kills girl's cousin; boy and girl kill themselves.
Much Ado: Benedick and Beatrice don't love each other but then they do. Claudio and Hero love each other but then they don't but then they do again. Everyone gets married.
no because listen. one of the major themes of hamlet is that the characters have to do the opposite of what they think will complete them, what could tie them to survival. horatio is convinced he can do anything as long as he isn’t alone (he ends the play pulled from the body of the one he loves most. he is not allowed to follow.) ophelia could do anything as long as she’s loved (she looks into hamlet’s cold face and knows the truth. unwanted and unworthy daughter. scream so they can’t make you shut your mouth.) hamlet could do anything if he could just figure out how to be okay on his own (he refuses to hold on to horatio in life, so he clings to him in dying and death. you tried to fight loneliness with chosen isolation. you created the poison and refused to drink the antidote. you were meant for laughter, but not like this.)