#shakespeare memes

It is the cheese, and Gordita is the crunch.

It is the East, and Superman is the sun. (ohhhhh)

Macbeth: Who cares if we’re under siege, I’m good! I mean, birnam wood’s super far away it’s not like it’s gonna grow all the way to dunsinane over night

Messenger: omg sir you gotta see this, a bunch of losers are charging the castle dressed as trees- sir?

Macbeth:

heresmyfiddlestick:

runawaymarbles:

beast-glatisant:

beast-glatisant:

officiallordvetinari:

beast-glatisant:

suzirya:

beast-glatisant:

yet Brutus says he was problematic, and Brutus is an honorable man…

I thrice presented him a kingly crown,

Which he did thrice refuse: was this problematic?

Yet Brutus says he was problematic;

And, sure, he is an honourable man

I come to cancel Caesar, not to stan him

He was my mutual, faithful and just to me

But Brutus says he was problematic;

And Brutus is an honourable man.

He hath brought many hot takes to my dash

Whose notifs did the general discourse fill:

Did this in Caesar seem problematic?

Friends, mutuals, countrymen, do not scroll past

@if-you-come-a-knockin

Friends, mutuals, countrymen, do not scroll past;

I come to cancel Caesar, not to stan him.

The cringe posts that men make live after them;

The nuance oft interred with their bones;

So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus

Hath told you Caesar was problematic:

If it were so, it was a grievous fault,

And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.

Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest–

For Brutus is an honourable man;

So are they all, all honourable men–

Come I to comment on Caesar’s call-out post.

He was my mutual, faithful and just to me:

But Brutus says he was problematic;

And Brutus is an honourable man.

He hath brought many hot takes to my dash

Whose notifs did the general discourse fill:

Did this in Caesar seem problematic?

When that anons have cried, Caesar hath wept:

Toxicity should be made of sterner stuff:

Yet Brutus says he was problematic;

And Brutus is an honourable man.

You all did see that on the Tumblr Blaze

I thrice presented him a kingly crown,

Which he did thrice refuse: was this problematic?

Yet Brutus says he was problematic;

And, sure, he is an honourable man.

I speak not to start discourse with Brutus,

But just to provide some context on his call-out post.

You all did stan him once, not without cause:

What cause withholds you then, to follow him?

lesbianlefay:

william shakespeare writing richard iii: what if i made him just a complete Creature, an absoluyte Deviant Freak, w off theSHITSsex appeal

Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing: “Savage” as in “ I make witty and cutting comebacks that deal 1d4 of psych damage.”

Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew: “Savage” as in “I will shatter you kneecaps if you look at me funny.”

1. Petruchio- Taming of the Shrew
2. Leontes- The Winter’s Tale
   
3. Demetrius- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
   
4. Proteus- Two Gentlemen of Verona
5. Falstaff- The Merry Wives of Windsor
6. Orsino - Twelfth Night
   
7. Orlando- As You Like It
8. Benedick- Much Ado About Nothing

I know that If I met a man that acted like Benedick in act 1 IRL, I would immediately dislike him. However, I met a man that acted like Benedick in the final act of the play, I would trust him with my life.

As much as I love Shakespeare’s tragedies, I’m a little disappointed that Shakespeare’s comedies are considered less important. Just because something has a happy ending does not mean it is well-made.

It bothers me a bit that Juliet Caplet’s character is often not read in context of how women lived during her time period. Women had few viable options outside of marriage or becoming nuns. For a teenage girl of the upper class, Juliet would have even less freedom to choose as marriage meant money and prestige for her family. 

 Until Juliet meet Romeo, she had no other options besides marrying Paris, her father’s friend, whom she has no interest in. When Juliet meets Romeo, she is presented with an opportunity to marry someone she actually likes and who is closer to her in age. For the first time in her life, Juliet has real choice outside of what her parents have forced onto her. Juliet decides to marry the suitor that makes her happy rather than the suitor that would make her parents happy.  Without the pressures of her society and her parents, Juliet’s choice would have probably not had disastrous consequences,

Thinking about that time in high school we were reading Macbeth out loud in English class when the girl reading Lady Macbeth’s part thought “Screw your courage to the sticking place” was a curse and proceed to read the line as “SCREW your courage!”

Honestly, if you have introduce teens to a Shakespeare tragedy. I think Macbeth should be it. It’s short, exciting, and does not require a ton of historical context to understand.

I remember talking with one of high school English teachers about why Romeo and Juliet is usually the Shakespeare play that is required for 1st year English classes. She explained that play was chosen in part because title characters are teenagers, which makes them more relatable to high schoolers than other Shakespeare heroes.

However, most teenagers I knew in high school didn’t identify with Romeo or Juliet, they identified with the Mercutio and his sarcastic wit.

Some readers: Romeo and Juliet died because they were stupid hormonal teenagers. Because of this, the play is a dumb love story.

Me: You are judging Romeo and Juliet by the standards of romance/courtship story and not by the actual genre of the play, tragedy. Also, the parents in the play are the ones most to blame for the tragedy. The parents of both families foolishly carry on a grudge so old that no one can remember how it started. In fact, the rivalry between these families is so intense that the Prince of Verona warns them that both families will be punished if more blood is spilled in the streets because of their grudge. 

On top of that, both families don’t pay attention to their children. Romeo is allowed to wander the streets late at night and his parents don’t check on him. Juliet’s parents rarely allow her to leave the house and frequently ignore her wishes. What do you think would happen when a teenage boy who is rarely given boundaries and is overlooked by their parents meets a teenage girl given too many boundaries and is also ignored by her parents?

Lastly, the full play ends with not with the death of Romeo and Juliet, but with the parents expressing regret and accepting blame for the role their feud played in the unnecessary loss of their children.

Personal head cannon: Juliet from Romeo and Juliet has a scar on her forehead from running right smack into a table as a child.

Does anyone appreciate how gutsy it was for Benedick to confess his love to Beatrice after the disaster that was Hero’s wedding? Beatrice was right in the middle of emotional crisis and somehow she did not rip off Benedick’s head for his sheer audacity.

Loving Shakespeare, but hating dirty jokes is such an odd experience. Yes, that joke makes me want to cringe, but it is said in such a cool way that I can’t be mad at it.

Just reread Macbeth lads

Salutations, but like Sylvia~

me, when any minor inconvenience happens

adorable, sweet …

Sylvia, a concept <3

the feminine urge to kill

Lana Del Rey : Life imitates art✨

Plato : You wench ‍♂️

velvetkisses28:

That’s my emotional support stack of nail polishes