#hamlet*

[macbcth]

i like to believe that ophelia's madness gave her a kind of meta knowledge of the plot— that she saw the tragic ending coming, knew that hamlet's indecision would be his hamartia, that she realised gertrude and claudius were both poisoned with corruption from the beginning and instead of the customary funeral goers laying flowers at a grave, it was Ophelia— mad, at death's door, about to die in less than 2 scenes— who handed flowers to the king, queen and protagonist as if the dead girl was mourning the living

[macbcth]

— Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2

[macbcth]

— Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1

[macbcth]

literature family: ophelia for @meredithsdardenne

Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to Heaven Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads

[macbcth]

sure indecision was hamlet's hamartia and it led to his downfall etc. but also?? if the ghost of my father came to me in the middle of the night and told me to commit some casual regicide, i may also be a tad skeptical

[macbcth]

make me choose: frankenstein or hamlet for @archistratego

[wildlinging]

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 soliloquy