generalgrievousdatingsim:

generalgrievousdatingsim:

generalgrievousdatingsim:

there’s an entire act in hamlet that’s just horatio receiving a letter and being like “i don’t know who else would write to me except hamlet” and hamlet signing it off by basically saying “you already know who it is” and i think that’s hilarious

other people signing off letters: yours, (name)

hamlet, resident dramatic gay bitch, signing off his letter to horatio: you already know who it is: your man, hamlet

hamlet:

actually,

sweetanyways:

u werent “born gay” u decided to be overly enthusiastic about hamlet in highschool english and that’s why you are the way u are

tragedycamp:

tragedycamp:

quiz: are you hamlet, or are you horatio?

we aren’t even 30 notes in and. you all can’t be hamlet. we can’t ALL be hamlet

dykenstein:

obsessed with this article title

perchancetoshitpost:

aprilslady:

animatedamerican:

bisexual-evanhansen:

I’ve seen the “get thee to a nunnery” scene done where hamlet has no idea he’s being spied on and just goes off on ophelia because he’s hangry. I’ve seen the “get thee to a nunnery” scene done where hamlet knows he’s being watched from the start and the whole thing’s an act. I’ve seen the “get thee to a nunnery” scene done where hamlet figures out he’s being watched half way through and gets super mad at ophelia for betraying him. now I want to see the “get thee to a nunnery” scene done where ophelia covertly nods at where polonius and claudius are hiding, hamlet gets the idea, and they’re both in on the performance the whole time. I want classically trained shakespearean actors to give us their best best show of bad acting. I want ophelia to mouth some of the most cutting lines to hamlet before he says them. I want hamlet to frown exaggeratedly at her and for her to take this as a cue to start crying. I want hamlet to go grab her by the wrist, her to wince, and him to automatically loosen his grip. I want them to stage hamlet dragging her around by the ear using classic stage-fight techniques. I want them to be aggressively in cahoots with one another because they know each of their bastard father-figures are watching. 

I want this for the lols of seeing them trying to fake-fight on the spot, to give ophelia more to do than just be the victim, and so it never crosses ophelia’s mind that hamlet’s actually losing it a little bit.

that is, until she hears how her father died.

Oh my GOD.

…

OPHELIA [talking just a bit too loudly and clearly]
Good my lord,
How does your honour for this many a day?

HAMLET [distracted, not quite getting it yet]
I humbly thank you; well, well, well.

OPHELIA [even louder, pointedly so]
My lord, I have remembrances of yours,
That I have longed long to re-deliver;
I pray you, now receive them.

HAMLET [caught off guard and genuinely perplexed]
No, not I; I never gave you aught.

OPHELIA [exasperated silent sigh, meaningful stare]
My honour’d lord, you know right well you did;
And, with them, words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich: their perfume lost,
Take these again; for to the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
[in an undertone, gesturing with her head to where her father and his uncle are hiding:] There, my lord.

HAMLET [after a second or two of silent realization, loud and theatrical]
Ha, ha! are you honest?

OPHELIA [exaggeratedly startled]
My lord?

… and so on. 

You’re a genius

elena-illustration:

Poster for my college’s upcoming production of Hamlet! :^)

generalgrievousdatingsim:

for some reason i forgot the origin of that ‘it’s rotten work’ / ‘not to me not if it’s you’ quote and thought it was from hamlet and i’m experiencing severe emotional distress just thinking about it