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When he’s kinda a creepy jerk but his legs be looking real fine in those tights:

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asta nielsen as hamlet, 1921

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asta nielsen as hamlet (1921)

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Asta Nielsen in Hamlet (1921)

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Asta Nielsen (1881 — 1972) as Hamlet (1921)

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Hamlet (1921), dir. Heinz Schall, Svend Gade

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HAMLET (1921) dir. Svend Gade & Heinz Schall The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a son in order to secure a throne for her bloodline. Thus, the girl lives her whole life as Prince Hamlet. But can this Hamlet avoid the tragedy that awaits? (link in title)

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In response to these challenges by his grown sons, Titus vows to disown them for their actions: [he says to them] "Nor thou, nor he, are any sons of mine: / My sons would never so dishonor me" (1.1.294-95). Titus affirms here that his attachment to these people is based not simply on blood, but on their obedience and duty to the values that the family holds dear. To underscore the fact that he does not consider their actions befitting the actions of the Andronici family, he refuses to allow Mutius to be buried in the family vault, which he affirms houses only those who died honorably. Membership in the family seems contingent on serving Rome honorably; in exchange for an honorable life, one can rest eternally with one's family. Titus's threat is answered not with acquiescence, but with another threat of violence in support of family honor. After Marcus says Mutius "must be buried" because it would be "impiety" for Titus to refuse, Quintus adds "And shall, or him we will accompany" (1.1.355-58). This suggests a fight to the death with their own father. When another son backs up his brother, Titus cannot believe his ears. He asks, "What, would you bury him in my despite?" (361). Notice that here and in the initial confrontation with Mutius, Titus voices his challenge in the form of a question. Shakespeare shows us that what is at play here is not just a power struggle, but a conflict that Titus refuses to acknowledge as legitimate. In other words, in Titus's mind, they owe him obedience without negotiation or discussion; but when he meets a challenge issued by his own family member, he is incredulous.

-Emily Detmer-Goebel, "Then let no man but I / Do execution on my flesh and blood": Filicide and Family Bonds in "Titus Andronicus

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You S04E01 (Joe Takes a Holiday)

Book title: Titus Andronicus (1589-1593) by William Shakespeare

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Oh my god this (McQueen inspired?) costume on Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Chiron in Titus (1999)

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Laura Fraser as Lavinia in Titus (1999) dir. Julie Taymor

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What remains constant is the fact that her death is romanticized. More than that, idealized. Type her name into Google and you can quickly find hundreds of depictions of flower-crowned girls in ponds with thousands of reblogs on Tumblr. Those many, many versions of her are uniformly gorgeous, almost dreamy. Everyone picks up on Ophelia being "mermaid-like" with her garlands of flowers. There's very little acknowledgment of her abrupt and muddy death. That's not pretty. It's not picturesque. While Hamlet gets long soliloquies and self-introspection, Ophelia gets lute playing and off-stage drowning. - Nadine Akkerman, "Dead Woman in the Bathtub"

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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (James Signorelli, 1988)

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Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (1988)

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Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (1988)

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Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (1988)