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happy 408th death day william shakespeare
i liked the little gay ones you wrote
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hamlet goodbye my danish sweetheart edit !!
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If I could draw, I would draw Erwin with a skull. Dude is so Hamlet coded. Erwin with a skull from a fallen soldier who died on an expedition years ago. Erwin seeing visions of his father, and then there’s Levi right there with him, the only one to whom Erwin confesses his dreams and visions, and Levi is the only one who can see the ghost of Erwin’s father and believes Erwin but tries to warn Erwin away from following his fathers footsteps.
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Just found out that there is a a whole community dedicated to Hamlet and Horatio being gay and in love. I’m fucking enthused by this.
I love them
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Hamlet: I prevented a murder today.
Horatio: Really? How'd you do that?
Hamlet: Self control.
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Hamlet and Horatio
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horatio’s epilogue
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ummmm. hi. i've talked about this literally a million times but i will talk about it again because i'm deranged
hamlet's father says to him. as a ghost. IF YOU EVER LOVED ME. you will KILL for me. right?
hamlet, as he dies. says to horatio IF YOU EVER LOVED ME… you will LIVE for me .
and in that moment. hamlet's big question, "to be or not to be", is answered, isnt it? not for himself, but for horatio. HE cannot be, but horatio can, horatio MUST if he loved him
and ANOTHER thing. hamlet says to horatio in the middle of the play that he holds horatio in his heart's core, ay, in his heart of heart……. he then changes the subject abruptly, not allowing horatio to respond
as hamlet DIES.. he says "if thou didst ever HOLD ME IN THY HEART" (a CLEAR connection to the earlier conversation) and asks him to live and mourn him and tell his story, and AGAIN hamlet did not ASK "did you love me?" he NEVER asks "did you love me?"
no, he says IF you loved me… (dont tell me. i dont want to know. just listen, dont tell me.) he doesnt want to know the answer, i don't think. i think he's scared to hear it, first in that moment of vulnerability when he shared the largeness of his feelings and bared himself so completely and utterly that he had to brush past it and pretend he hadnt... and last in the moment of vulnerabilty when he is about to die. it's natural, isn't it? to be scared? scared of knowing the truth?
but horatio DOES answer…….. only, he does it when hamlet is already dead. he does it very subtly. he says "good night sweet prince, and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
using the intimate, familiar terms.
for the ENTIRE PLAY he used "you" and "your". only now, when HAMLET IS DEAD, does he use the intimate form. to show how dear hamlet was to him
and another thing……. you'll notice that horatio tries to drink of the poison and kill himself alongside hamlet….. who does that remind you of?
and hamlet's RESPONSE, that its no good for them BOTH to die, that ONE must live on, is SO CLEARLY contrasting (yuppp) romeo and juliet !!
!!!!!!!!!
and what is romeo and juliet? a SATIRE. it's a MOCKERY of young love and the foolishness that comes with it, so when HAMLET AND HORATIO are faced with THE SAME SITUATION, and they handle it better than romeo and juliet, who were a MOCKERY of young love, it leads me to the conclusion that hamlet and horatio are the TRUE example of love. love done the right way, great and true love in the realest sense.
you get it?
also, as a side-note, it's just so interesting to me that horatio, who hamlet said WAS NOT A SLAVE TO HIS PASSIONS, who did NOT get over-emotional and rash in situations like this...... tries to DIE rather than live without hamlet…….. but hamlet stops him. like!! thats his main thing, yet he got so overwhelmed in this moment with grief and honour and whatever you may call it.... it seems significant.
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Felt intellectual
(i have no friends to find this funny with me)
#hamlet#shakespeare#polonius#william shakespeare#horatio#ophelia#king claudius#hamratio#idk what else to tag because i don’t really use tumblr but it seemed like the most feasible option of places to post this on
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My dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “Something Rotten in the state of Denmark” 😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯
Me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.
5 minutes later: Dude I swear I just saw the ghost of our late king
My buddy Hamlet pacing: I have to kill Claudius
#this has definitely been done before#alas#Hamlet#Shakespeare#Zonked out of your gourd#Horatio#hamlet x horatio
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Idea for a hamlet production:
The opening night, the program says The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and it's performed accurately, word for word. The play, however, closes exactly after Horatio tells Fortinbras that he will tell what has happened. The lights hone in on him, cradling a dead Hamlet and wearing bloody clothes, before the play ends there.
The second night, the program says The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, as Told By Horatio. The play begins with a small spotlight over Horatio in the same bloody clothes, cradling a dead Hamlet. He says, "Let me tell you how this all began." Everything much everything is the same as opening night except for a few wording changes.
But after that, it goes off the rails.
The subsequent programs say The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, as Remembered by Horatio (One/Two/Three/etcetera). Each night more changes are made. Early on Polonius shows up with an absolutely ridiculous mustache. Claudius' hair colour changes at some point midway through. Towards the end Ophelia just starts naming random flowers. Laertes, when he's angry/sad/feeling a lot, just straight up starts lapsing into French.
Each night the spotlight on Horatio in the opening grows a little bigger until the audience starts seeing background nobles, then soldiers, and then a figure wearing a crown sitting on a throne who isn't facing the audience. Each night the Ghost looks less like King Hamlet and starts looking more like Horatio's Hamlet. Each night, whenever Horatio is on-scene, Hamlet stops speaking in Shakespearean and starts speaking plainly, because Horatio always understood what he meant.
On the closing night, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, as Remembered by Horatio (Finale), it's all gone wrong. People are speaking lines they're suppose to say later or earlier in the play, or they're speaking someone else's lines. The opening scene is fully lit, and the audience can finally see that Horatio is talking to Fortinbras. The Ghost is now fully Hamlet. Horatio spends the entire play wearing the bloody clothes he's worn when Hamlet's died. Every time Hamlet isn't looking at him Horatio is looking at him, heartbroken, grieving, sad. Hamlet is the only one who's still saying accurate lines, except for when Horatio is on-scene and he's speaking modern English.
At the end, the play continues after Hamlet has died. Fortinbras commands that Hamlet be given a grand funeral, and Hamlet's body is taken away, with everyone following it out like a funeral procession. Horatio is left as the last one on the stage, staring at his bloody hands.
It is very, very obvious, the closing night, that Horatio has gone mad.
#I just think it would be cool to play around with the meta side of hamlet#Ophelia and Hamlet going mad in different ways with the additional parallel of Horatio just absolutely losing#Hamlet told him to live but there's nothing left#hamlet#the tragedy of hamlet prince of denmark#shakespeare#william shakespere#hamlet x horatio#hamratio
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Hamlet: Do you think birds get sad for not having arms?
Horatio: Well, do you get sad for not having wings?
Hamlet: *choked up* every single day.
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Horatio should call hamlet “sweet prince” more often. Why is it only just once. Mr shakesqueer why. why.
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#🤖#yes i know i took very clear insp from the noir + detective chat memes#but the thought of this was REALLY FUNNY#hamlet#horatio#hamlet x horatio#ophelia#laertes#king claudius#claudius#gertrude#polonius
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horatio’s beginning
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Ok but consider: A production of Hamlet that starts with the last scene and then Horatio has to play his role in the rest of the play, but he’s still completely dissolved in tears. Everyone else is oblivious and he has to keep it together for the sake of storytelling, but his voice cracks as he says “I think I saw him yesternight”, regret filling his tone, and he frantically holds on to Hamlet as he begs him not to follow the ghost; he practically chokes on his words as he shouts, “Be rul’d!” And he knows it’s no use, but he’s so reluctant to play his part in this and he can barely keep his emotions at bay. And then the end of the story draws nearer. He takes longer and longer to say his lines. He hesitates, tries to stretch out the little time he’s got left with Hamlet. He doesn’t want to be in this narrative, but he is. Until finally, as Hamlet decides to duel Laertes, Horatio simply gives up. Reluctantly, but knowingly, he accepts the fact that there’s nothing he can do but play his part and relive it all, just to honor Hamlet’s legacy and story. And Hamlet dies in his arms a second time.
#i made myself sad#i want to direct a play so badly pls wtf#Hamlet#horatio#hamratio#shakespeare#literature#william shakespeare#classical literature
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