#song: shakespeare

[lilmcttens]

[tuverras]

on tragedy, fate, and inevitability.

oresteia, robert icke // theatre of the oppressed, augusto boal // song of achilles, madeline miller // the book thief, markus zusak // antigone, jean anouilh // revisiting mockingjay ahead of the hunger games prequel, entertainment weekly // romeo and juliet, shakespeare // h of h playbook, anne carson // war of the foxes, richard siken // the road to hell (reprise), hadestown // planet of love, richard siken // they both die at the end, adam silvera

[the-overanalyst]

i've come to realize there are only two kinds of tragedies: preventable and inevitable. preventable tragedies are the kind where everything could have maybe worked out if only. if only romeo had gotten the second letter. if only juliet had woken up earlier. if only creon had changed his mind about antigone sooner. if only orpheus hadn't turned around.

inevitable tragedies are the kind where everything was always going to end terribly. of course macbeth gets deposed, he murdered his way to the throne. of course oedipus goes mad, he married his own mother. of course achilles dies in the war, he had to fulfill the prophecy in order to avenge his lover.

both kinds have their merits. the first is more emotionally impactful, letting the audience cling to hope until the very end, when it's snatched away all at once leaving nothing but a void. the second is more thematically resonant, tracking an inherent fatal flaw in its hero to a natural and understandable conclusion, making it abundantly clear why everything has to happen the way it does.

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

long live the queen

[flowersforfrancis]

[trashpidgeon48]

You consume happy media when you’re feeling bad? Nah, I consume inescapable tragedies.

[arinewman7]

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

Théodore Chassériau

1849

[weirdlookindog]

Virgil Finlay - Ariel’s Song

(Famous Fantastic Mysteries - September 1942)

[be-gone-procrastination]

:(

[lepetitdragonvert]

Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare

1899

Artist : Paul Woodroffe

[thefugitivesaint]

Paul Woodroffe (1875-1954), ''Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare'', 1899 Source

[tuverras]

in the darkness, two shadows,

reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. their hands meet.

love letter to fanny brawne, john keats // orestes, euripides // wait for me (intro) ("hey, the big artiste"), hadestown // ghost photographs - doug and brenda, angela deane // les misérables, victor hugo // achilles come down, gang of youths // how to become a myth, nikita gill // romeo and juliet, shakespeare // lovers of valdaro // song of achilles, madeline miller // i will follow you into the dark, deathcab for cutie // planet of love, richard siken

[diioonysus]

vintage illustrations + my tattoo list

[kittykatninja321]

I’M still reeling from Kendrick dropping an hour after Drake’s response and then dropping another diss the next day I can’t imagine how Drake feels. That man Kendrick is evil

[beaulesbian]

"Our players must wrong rights or else right wrongs while listing off the names of 90s songs."

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