#hamlet book

[bloodybellycomb]

I really do think that it’s good for the soul to be unironically pretentious about something. Not in a gatekeeping kind of way but in a “yes, it really is that deep and I would love to enthusiastically and passionately explain why” kind of way.

#mine is shakespeare #hamlet #specifically #although i will defend #romeo and juliet #to the ends of the earth #also #the iliad #the odyssey #literature #writing #classics #although it can be so much more than just books #i also think that I would defend the story of kingdom hearts like this as well #probably homestuck too #completely unironically #birdy chirps

[kvothes]

“hamlet tries prozac” by tawanda mulalu, from his book please make me pretty, i don’t want to die (princeton series of contemporary poets, 2022)

#this book slaughters me #poetry #hamlet #mine

[hastiee]

I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.

~Slyvia path

#slyvia plath #art #english literature #literature #hamlet #poetry #poems on tumblr #shakespeare #prose #virginia woolf #books & libraries

[halleyys-comet]

perpetually torn between:

taking classic literature seriously and over analysing every detail so that I can deeply understand themes, motifs and references and absorb every poetic quote into my being OR treating classics as if they were just silly little stories about silly little gay people doing the most weird, unhinged and out of context shit ever (which they are)

#classic literature #dark academia #the picture of dorian gray #frankenstein #hamlet #Carmilla #books #classics #chaotic academia #shakespeare #gothic books

[visualsandvoices]

A modernization of hamlet that takes place in a bakery called “the danish king” and its kinda slapstick kinda not and hamlet is cleaning up the bakery, knocks a bag of flour, and the cloud of flour becomes his dads ghost and as their conversation ends he’s just looking at his reflection in the bakery window covered in flour and he wonders if he’s going mad

#shakespeare #willy shakes #lit memes #literature memes #chaotic academia #light academia #bookblr #book aesthetic #hamlet #english literature #English literature memes

[swords-and-starlight]

i feel the need to remind everyone that Damen’s literally one of the smartest and most well-educated characters in the series. He’s extremely well-read and knowledgeable about military tactics and strategy, which if you didn’t know also includes a huge depth of history knowledge, and his talent comes from both education and years of experience. He’s smart enough to know geography and terrain information of an area he hasn’t needed to have information on in seven years, and even then, the lands they are talking about were in mainland Vere, not Delpha, so his studies were his own initiative. he has favorite poems! HE ENJOYED DEBATING OBSCURE PHILOSOPHY WITH HESTON!!! like y’all Damen is just as intelligent as Laurent, it’s just that Laurent’s intelligence is about manipulation and chess and Damen’s just a nerd.

(also people are gonna be coming for me for this one but i think Damen likes books and libraries a lot more than Laurent ever did)

#i would bet my college tuition that Damen loves analyzing and debating about books #‘damen wouldn’t understand hamlet’ stfu he would eat that shit up #side note tho damen would love hamlet it’s a lot like his and laurent’s story #there’s definitely more that i’m not thinking of right now #but even on my first read of the series there were so many scenes where Damen is extremely competent and clearly educated and trained #i don’t understand all the fic writers that make damen some himbo golden retriever and laurent this sarcastic girlboss #damen #capri #captive prince #damen of akielos #damianos of akielos

[chaotic-emo-pigeon]

love my friends and their gay little classics. tag your sexuality and favorite old novel.

#ill start #idk my sexuality but i like gatsby #books #classic literature #classic lit #the great gatsby #the portrait of dorian gray #maurice #hamlet

[laylaslibrary]

- Hamlet (1.1.10), Francisco to Barnardo

#quotes #literature #poetry #aesthetic #poem #books #dark acamedia #dark acadamia quotes #shakespeare #hamlet #books & libraries #book quotes #books and literature #words

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Shakespeare's Hamlet by John Austen (1922)

#john austen #art #illustration #art nouveau #1920s #1920s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #english artist #british artist #books #book illustration #shakespeare #shakespeare art #hamlet #golden age of illustration #classic art

[charleshyde]

Just finished reading hamlet and obviously here is a fanart of it. Just didn't know that Shakespeare was such a Lion King fan.

#art #artists on tumblr #fanart #book #painting #drawing #illustration #book art #hamlet #shakespeare

[coxsacki]

just saw a review of mary shelley’s frankenstein that complained it was predictable. maybe i’m being annoying, but i don’t think that’s a valid critique for a piece of classic literature.

it’s predictable because it created an entire new genre and any “formulaic” aspects is because shelley created the formula. it is baked in to your favorite media. your ability to “predict” is because it’s culturally significant, not because it’s poorly written

#like hamlet is not predictable #you just watched the lion king as a child #literature #books #booklr #bookblr #booktok #frankenstein #classic literature #classic lit #me

[hamletthedane]

Obtained a (digital) edition of Hamlet that - for some reason - decided to illustrate Horatio and Hamlet’s scenes using art lifted from Mark Twain’s first edition of The Prince and The Pauper. And frankly it’s incredible:

I mean they’re not wrong for this choice, but it was definitely a choice

#(except that “Hamlet” is probably dressed a bit too cheerfully) #Horatio #hamlet #Shakespeare #these are most of the illustrations in the book lmao (for context: it’s a line prompt book for Horatio’s actor so that makes sense) #whoever printed this edition had a really specific fanfic version of hamlet in mind #the thematic implications of hamlet and horatio as physically identical characters IS interesting ngl #i had to go screenshot these pics from wikicommons/other sources bc my reader wouldn’t let me take a pic of it just fyi

[brokenyouth]

i feel so silly reading classics and feeling surprised when something unexpected happens like the entire world already read this and i'm sitting here in shock like "wdym hamlet just killed polonius⁉️😧"

#txt #shakespeare #hamlet #the other day my phone died i just thought it'd be a good idea to read some of the books #i bought ages ago for either school or college lol

[anelaxoxo]

#dark academia #literature #aesthetic #books and coffee #chaotic academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #classic academia #dark red #autumn #the secret history #books and reading #books books books #light academia #classic books #william shakespere #hamlet #donna tartt #university #books aesthetic #academia aesthetic #dark romantica #romanticism #dark academia moodboard #dark moodboard

[thequeerlibrarian]

My Star Wars brain reading Hamlet:

#booklr #books #hamlet #shakespeare #star wars #starwarsblr

[officialjamesfarrow]

doubt thou that the stars are fire; doubt thou that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt that i love

- William Shakespeare, Hamlet

#shakespeare #literature quotes #iwwv #james farrow #if we were villains #academia #dark acadamia quotes #dark academia #hamlet #william shakespere #book quotes #quotes #book quote #beautiful quote #literature #english literature