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flowersforfrancis · 8 months

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#red academia #bacchanal #dark academia #books and literature #classic academia #academia #romanticism #chaotic academia #dark romantica #aesthetic #the secret history #if we were villains #Shakespearean #dark red aesthetic #darkest academia #classic literature #classic lit aesthetic #Old money #pomegranate

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deja-vulnerability · 10 months

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“I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.”

– 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜, 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒

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foxglovevibes · 4 months

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Trying super hard not to obsess over the deliberate choice of having Oliver be dressed in a costume that has very heavy themes of Puck/Robin Goodfellow AND King Oberon for his birthday party while Felix has cheap golden wings strapped to his back in an outfit that just SCREAMS Titania (despite his mother being implicitly dressed as such-) in the way it symbolises Titania's refusal to reconcile or reunite with Oberon throughout the plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as her disdain for Puck and his tricks, which is further supported by Felix's own choices to make his costume the bare minimum for an event celebrating Oliver and his refusal to forgive or forget Oliver's lies.

A theme/symbolism which is only further emphasised with Felix doing the best he can to avoid him at all costs and Oliver refusing to let him do so for his own selfish needs and wants-

#foxglovevibes #saltburn spoilers #saltburn #felix catton #oliver quick #shakespeare #shakespearean #titania #oberon #puck #robin goodfellow #costume analysis #character analysis

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dadvans · 11 months

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every day that i log into this website and no one is talking about this man stabbing another man in the throat and licking the blood off the knife and his fingernail polish changing with his murder outfits and his murder outfits being rotating unbuttoned silk shirts, wide linen pants, and crocodile shoes, and flirty fun hairstyles and too many accessories, and he color coordinates his soft gothcore color palettes with the pimp cars that he drives, and he only has a boner for (1) murder and (2) a six-something hyper masc baby boy on a cliff he blows kisses to when baby boy shoots his enemy off a giant dam with a rocket launcher, like???

i'm being tested by god

#academy award BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR academy award BEST COSTUME academy award BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY #uncle muscles isn't going to make the next family bbq!!!#(to the corpses) enjoy your mimosas boys someone will be around to bury u soon i have to go wash my hair #SHAKESPEAREAN #fast x #jason momoa

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tylermileslockett · 11 months

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Hey everyone, this was an image i did for an annual illustration competition over at @foliosociety, an amazing design and publishing studio in London which does incredible special editions of notable books with top illustrators. Unfortunately my image didn't place within the top 20, but if you take a look at the longlist youll see the competition was fierce this year! I'll try again next year.

We were asked to illustrate a scene from the short story, "The Flyers of Gy" by Ursula K. Le Guin about a humanoid society that sometimes develop wings and risk their lives to fly.

The image I chose to create was from a scene in the story explaining one of the tragic plays that came out of that culture. I figured this would be a chance to do some high drama and gothic romance atmosphere. I worked really hard on it, and ill be throwing up some process videos this week.

Thanks for looking! xoxo

#gothicromance #gothic #romanticism #tragedyplay #classicliterature #ursulakleguin #classicscommunity #illustration #tylermileslockett #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #stageplay #Shakespeare #shakespearean

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youlackconviction · 9 months

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man i've seen some typos in my time but that sure is a creative way to spell #thor 🙄

#loki is not a villain #neither is he entitled #he was marginalised and othered actually #maybe give the movies another watch #2011-2013 loki supremacy #the whole point of the asgard saga #was that thor was the entitled spoilt prodigal #and loki was the good responsible son #according to zack stentz who should know considering he wrote it #their arcs crossed over as thor rose and loki fell #its a tragedy actually #shakespearean #complex #in defense of loki

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burningvelvet · 13 days

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nearly halfway thru shakespeare's plays and i've been mainly saving the histories for last but recently watched david tennant's richard ii and really recommend it for fans of him (as well as hamlet, but that's more well known). he decided to play him very queerly and androgynously, and he wears this amazing long hair with flowing fabrics. there are some good monologues from the queen and others about sorrow - i suggest anyone ctrl+f the word "sorrow" and read those bits if nothing else - & there are some surprisingly progressive speeches from the king himself.

for percy shelley fans like myself, i must say that i knew shelley was fond of reciting the words "let us sit upon the ground / and tell sad stories of the death of kings," to his friends, a reference that not everyone would really get but he loved too much to care. but it wasn't until tennant spoke those words -- and i didn't even know that line was from this play, but as soon as i heard them -- that i felt their power, the same power shelley must have felt if he ever saw it live, or the power he must have sensed when he read it. i got so excited when i recognized those words. then i realized why that became one of his favorite monologues ever. its such a fiery shelleyan monologue and tennant did it real justice - for me it was the highlight.

#richard ii #shakespeare #david tennant #reviews #plays #shakespearean #monologues #percy shelley #percy bysshe shelley #recommendations #royal shakespeare company #literature #lit #english literature

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shakespearesdaughters · 7 months

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lizziestudieshistory · 1 year

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Lazy Sunday morning - I'm continuing with Shakespearean and finishing off some pain au chocolat. I should probably do something more productive later but I probably won't 😅

#studyblr #gradblr #books #reading #food #shakespearean #robert mccrum #lazy sunday

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353dcys · 8 months

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do you guys ever think about how el touches mikes cheek to make sure he’s real and not a conjured illusion of her own, especially realistic imagination and…. lose your mind over it??? because that’s so.. romantic and vulnerable and Insane?????

#i’m too high to word this properly #but you get it #mileven #shakespearean #yk?#stranger things #mike wheeler #el hopper #eleven #mike x eleven #telekinesis

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earlymodernbarbie · 5 months

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Ellen Terry as Queen Katherine of Aragon and her daughter, Edith Craig in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII (1892)

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going-to-superhell · 9 months

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i toldeth thee ghost wast real, suck mine balls big knave

#buzzfeed unsolved #buzzfeed unsolved supernatural #unintelligible goblin noises #chaoscore #chaotic bastard #cryptidcore #cryptid #feralcore #shakespearean

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moomoocowmaid · 3 months

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I stole the seat of the man whom once granted me the stink eye. Be warned, being, for i too am a busy and tired college student. Thou just befall to be a feet or twain taller than me. This throne shall no longer be yours, as i arrive earlier than yee everyday

Translation for… inclusivity… below:

I did steal the seat of the sir whom once did grant me the stinketh eye. Beest did warn, being, f'r i too am a busy and not restful college inhorn man. Thou just befall to beest a feet 'r twain tall'r than me. This throne shalt nay longeth'r beest yours, as i arriveth earli'r than yee ev'ryday

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notwhatiam · 5 months

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I got distracted while cleaning my kitchen and wound up making Metrically Accurate Shakespearean Conspiracy Theories: Part 2.

(As a recap: I got a Shakespeare magnet poetry set for myself and @missroserose gifted me a conspiracy theory-themed set, so now I blend them together to write conspiracy theories in iambic pentameter. This is precisely what I’ve studied for.)

#magnetic poetry #magnet poetry #Shakespeare #Shakespearean #conspiracy #conspiracy theories #poetry #writing #goofy

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praisethelorde · 23 days

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I need anyone who enjoyed If We Were Villains to write me a 5000 word essay on why they like this book because I just don't get it.

#probably because i don't read shakespeare lmao #if we were villains #m l rio #anti if we were villains #literary fiction #shakespeare #william shakespeare #shakespearean #classics #classic literature #classical literature #aethestic #dark academia #chaotic academia #light academia #oliver x james #james x oliver

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dkniade · 1 year

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Translating Xiao’s “Hello” Voiceline

This line’s formal tone and word choice in particular makes him sound like an immortal figure in a xianxia drama. It’s hard to convey in English, but the best equivalent in English speech would be a bard character going all Shakespherean (so like, Fischl, I guess). I’ll include both a Shakespearean-esque rendition, and a base translation in prose.

Original and Renditions / Tone in the Different Languages / Translation Notes on Chinese Words and Idioms / Localizing It into Shakespearean English

Original

如遇失道旷野之难，路遭贼人之难，水火刀兵之难，鬼神药毒之难，恶兽毒虫之难，冤家恶人之难，便呼我名。

「三眼五显仙人」——「魈」，听召前来守护。

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My Rendition

Come pathless wilds or thievish tricks, crises grave or spirits vile, hidden beasts or mortal foes, call out my name.

“The Mighty and Illuminated Adeptus”— Xiao, summoned hither to protect.

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Translation in Prose

Edit: the character 难 is better translated as “calamity” instead of “disaster”

If you encounter the disaster of losing your path in the wilderness, the disaster of running into thieves on roads, the disaster of natural calamities and war, the disaster of manipulative gods and poisonous medicine, the disaster of malicious beasts and poisonous insects, or the disaster of arch-nemeses and evil-doers, then call out my name.

“The Mighty and Illuminated Adeptus”— “Xiao”, summoned here to guard you.

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Official Translation

If you awake to a knife at your throat, if monsters dig their claws into you, if death comes knocking at your door, call out my name. Adeptus Xiao. I will be here when you call.

Tone

Key Traits of Archaic Chinese Speech

uses few characters to express rich imagery

descriptive four-character phrases are a giveaway

implied subjects with limited use of pronouns or “I” or “you”

results in a compact and poetic “less is more” style

common speaking style for immortals (仙人) in xianxia dramas

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Key Traits in Chinese Voiceline

archaic Chinese

extremely formal tone

lists off various intense, worst-case scenarios

last line implies someone under a contract or code of honour (think wuxia escorts)

overall signifies he’s an Adepti due to his poetic speech (see above section)

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Key Traits in Official Translation

edgy

lists off some bad scenarios

loyal

(kind of hard to take seriously)

The translation of this particular line did not do Xiao justice at all. The archaic tone is completely lost, the intense scenarios are watered down and replaced, and the last line forgoes his longer title along with his implied contract-abiding loyalty.

In addition, in his profile specifically (rather than quests), due to the voice acting, Xiao’s Chinese voice gives the image of a distant/cold and calm young man, while his English voice makes him sound like an edgy teenager.

Words and Phrases

Edit: “[scenario]之难” is better translated as “the calamity of [scenario]” instead of “the disaster of [scenario]”

The Chinese line follows the format of “If you encounter the disaster of [scenario], [lists off six disastrous scenarios], then call my name. [Adeptal Title] — Xiao, [formal declaration of a summon to protect].” The scenarios are each a four-character phrase, followed by 之难 (“the disaster of~”).

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失道旷野之难

pinyin: Shīdào kuàngyě zhī nàn / Shi1dao4 kuang4ye3 zhi1 nan4

“The disaster of losing your path in the wilderness”

Man VS nature

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路遭贼人之难

pinyin: Lù zāo zéirén zhī nàn / lu4 zao1 zei3ren3 zhi1 nan4

lit. “The disaster of running into thieves on roads”

贼人 refers to thieves or bandits

likely alluding to Treasure Hoarders

Man VS man

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水火刀兵之难

Shuǐhuǒ dāobīng zhī nàn / Shui3huo3 dao1bing1 zhi1 nan4

“The disaster of natural calamities and war”

lit. “The disaster of blade-wielding soldiers of fire and water”

This one likely refers to the idiom 刀兵水火 (lit. “Blade-wielding soldiers and fire and water)

刀兵 refers to war; 水火 refers to natural disasters of floods and fires

Overall, natural and man-made calamities (idiom: 天灾人祸)

Man vs nature, man vs society

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鬼神药毒之难

Guǐshén yào dú zhī nàn / Gui3shen2 yao4 du2 zhi1 nan4

“The disaster of manipulative gods and poisonous medicine”

lit. “The disaster of demonic gods and poisonous medicines”

鬼神 refers to evil spirits, evil deities, etc

Possibly alluding to the hatred of the fallen gods Xiao slayed, or perhaps manipulative deities?

药毒 can refer to medicine with poison in them, expired/low-quality medicine, or misusing medicine for a treatment. Generally, something bad with natural properties medicine

man VS nature (?)

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恶兽毒虫之难

È shòu dúchóng zhī nàn / E4 shou4 du2chong2 zhi1 nan4

lit. “The disaster of malicious beasts and poisonous insects”

恶兽 refers to dangerous or malicious animals or beasts (natural ones, not those of a magical nature)

毒虫 refers to poisonous insects

man VS nature

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冤家恶人之难

Yuānjiā èrén zhī nàn / Yuan1jia1 e4ren2 zhi1 nan4

“The disaster of arch-nemeses and evil-doers”

lit. “The disaster of enemies and evil people”

冤家 refers to an enemy or arch-nemesis

恶人 refers to evil/bad people, evil-doers, etc

man VS man

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三眼五显仙人

Sān yǎn wǔ xiǎn xiānrén / San1 yan3 wu3 xian3 xian1ren2

Localized as “mighty and illuminated adeptus”

lit. "three eyes and five manifestations immortal”

(Info from HoYoverse’s Developer Insight on Xiao’s concept development)

仙人 are “demigod-like ‘immortals’” in Daoism

“The ‘three eyes’ part of the adepti's title refers to the ‘third eye’ possessed by those with the ability to manipulate elemental energy”

In humans, Visions (神之眼, lit “Eye of God”) fulfill this purpose

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听召前来守护

Tīng zhào qián lái shǒuhù / Ting1 zhao4 qian2 lai2 shou3hu4

“Summoned here to guard [you]”

tone is similar to something like “Xiao, reporting for duty”

lit. “Heard the order to be summoned and came to guard [you]”

召 means “summon” (verb) as in “order (someone) to be present”

前来 means “to come”

守护 means “to guard” (compared to 保护 which is “to protect”)

Rendering It into Shakespearean English

There’s no way to truly capture the imagery and connotations invoked in Chinese, but a close localization would be to write it in Shakespearean English. The straight translation in prose is too long, and there’s no rhythm in it.

To recap, here’s information about Xiao which we can infer from his speech

States the absolute worst-case scenarios (ambush, war, natural disasters, evil deities and beasts, enemies, etc) as plausible reasons for being summoned

an Adepti (immortal in the xianxia genre) due to his formal speech

last line implies someone under a contract or code of honour (think wuxia escorts)

Progress Rendition

“Come blinding wilderness or thievish paths, [水火刀兵], malicious spirits, fatal insects or mortal enemies, call out my name. Adeptus Xiao, summoned hither to protect.” Summoned hither at thy behest.

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I rendered it like so:

Come pathless wilds or thievish tricks, crises grave or spirits vile, hidden beasts or mortal foes, call out my name.

“The Mighty and Illuminated Adeptus”— Xiao, summoned hither to protect.

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“pathless wilds or thievish tricks”

“the disaster of losing your path in the wilderness, the disaster of running into thieves on roads”

“crises grave or spirits vile”

“the disaster of natural calamities and war, the disaster of manipulative gods and poisonous medicine”

“hidden beasts or mortal foes”

“the disaster of malicious beasts and poisonous insects, or the disaster of arch-nemeses and evil-doers”

“summoned hither to protect”

“Summoned here to guard [you]”

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Meter

Iambic tetrameter (unstressed-stressed 4x, or x / x / x / x /) for the first part

(e.g. come PATHless WILDS or THIEvish TRICKS)

Catalectic trochaic tetrameter (stressed-unstressed 4x with last syllable missing, or / x / x / x / ) for the next two parts

(e.g. CRIses GRAVE or SPIrits VILE)

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