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iamnmbr3 · 10 months

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if i want to write anything historical I'm so obcessive about the details. like 'omg i can't set this story in ancient Rome. what if I get some detail about Roman fashion wrong? it would be so embarassing!'

Meanwhile Shakespeare was like 'Julius Caesar's violent seizure of power and subsequent rule by force? haven't heard of it. my little meow meow would never.'

#list. i love the play julius caesar. but uh. it is.... not very historical #julius caesar is shakespeare's problematic fave lol #no but also it's super interesting bc the play was written in a society that wasn't a democracy so also their view of those historical #events was very different than ours would be. it's actually super fascinating.#plus of course there were censors in that time so shakespeare wasn't gonna write something saying 'yeah murdering someone just bc he wanted #to be a king was honorable.' tho i do genuinely think the play is also due to his views being impacted by the societal context he lived in #and not just censorship #still one of my favorite plays tho. to be clear.#the tragedy of julius caesar #Shakespeare #random musings

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