Litsy

Hamlet | William Shakespeare

I saw part of the 1948 Olivier Hamlet last night, and it gave me the urge to reread this. It's been a few years, but it's one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. Nothing like a reread of an old favorite on a cold winter's night!

#Shakespeare #Literature #Hamlet

TheBookHippie My son is reading this in English currently. Had to dig mine out! 1d

GingerAntics 🧡🧡🧡 This is a fav of mine as well 24h

TiredLibrarian @TheBookHippie I first read it in HS too, and I liked it but didn't love it. I think I needed some more life experience to appreciate it. Funny how books can hit you differently depending on where you are in life when you read them! 17h

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TiredLibrarian @GingerAntics Glad you love it too! ❤️ 16h

TheBookHippie @TiredLibrarian oh I feel that way about so many books! 16h

GingerAntics @TiredLibrarian I have some rather unconventional ideas about this play. You have no idea… and they all stem from the “choose your own adventure” version of it. lol 14h

TiredLibrarian @GingerAntics I'm intrigued! 10h

GingerAntics @TiredLibrarian by the choose your own adventure version of Hamlet or my crazy musings? lol 4h

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dabbe

The Crucible | Arthur Miller

#FeelinTheLove
#illicitloveaffair
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Boy was this a powerful one to teach.

AmyG Such an amazing play. (edited) 2d

dabbe @AmyG IKR? And the movie with these two ⬆️ was astounding, too. 2d

kspenmoll Yes yes. We also take a trip to Salem MA to visit the memorial/grave site there. 1d

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dabbe @kspenmoll Wish we could have done that! 1d

Eggs Powerful🩷 19h

dabbe @Eggs 🩶💚🩶 11h

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JulietteReadsALot

Le Tartuffe | Jean-Baptiste Moliere

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This comedy, first performed in 1664, is a pleasure to read, especially Dorine's parts.
This play is very topical: a man, Tartuffe, an hypocritical devotee, manages to entirely manipulate another man, Orgon. Manipulation, credulity, blindness are common themes.
Highly recommend!

IMASLOWREADER one of my favorite reads 4d

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Eggs

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

In Ovid's "Metamorphoses," love and hate are deeply intertwined with the central theme of transformation. The plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pyramus&Thisbe)
and Romeo and Juliet (based on Metamorphoses) are more similar than they appear. Both, written at the same time, deal with forbidden romance and power and control. One play having a comedic end, while the other ends in tragedy, are partly the same tale with a different outcome.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs #LoveHatePairing #FeelingTheLove (edited) 5d

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JulietteReadsALot

Le Tartuffe | Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Morning read! Le Tartuffe by Molière. My French book club meets tomorrow, and as the organizer, of course I need to take notes ;)
First time reading this play, but I've seen it played (ages ago).

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Lunakay

Romeo and Juliet: Tragedies by William Shakespeare | Shakespeare

Happy Valentine's Day, dear Littens!

Since the Q1 theme is poetry, what better day to enjoy some sonnets or love poems! ❤️

How are the classics going for #classicschallenge 2025?

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Lunakay @Dilara @TheSpineView @BarbaraJean @AnishaInkspill @LapReader @AvidReader25 @BookBelle84 @Kristy_K 7d

Dilara Good idea!

I read the first (7th c.) written version of Majnun Leyla earlier this year. I still have two later versions (medieval + renaissance) in my To Read pile.
Right now, I am reading a Kazakh contemporary poetry anthology. I don't know if the poems count as “classics“. They might be too recent for that as they were all written in the 20th c. but some of the authors have been deemed “postal stamp worthy“.

Arabic Love Poetry from the Desert: Majnun Leyla, Arabic Text, Commentary and Translations

AvidReader25 I am in the middle of Swann‘s Way (my 1st Proust!) and finished The Pursuit of Love and Dickens‘ Hard Times. So far, so good! (edited) 4d

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Teresereading

Our Town (Revised) | Thornton Wilder

You are holding in your hands a great American play. (Foreword)
No curtain. (Act 1)
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

TiredLibrarian Love this. ❤️ 1w

MaGoose It's been a LONG time since I've read this. 1w

TheLudicReader My favourite. 7d

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Robotswithpersonality

Medea | Euripides

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Felt the need for a reread after reading Glorious Exploits, was not disappointed. Euripides' version is shorter than I remember, but I did enjoy the modern feel to the language in Michael Townsend's translation (the version I read came from Classical Tragedy Greek And Roman: 8 plays edited by Robert W. Corrigan). 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I appreciate the nuance and conflict Euripides introduced around Medea's seemingly unfathomable choices, while still emphasizing the morality of his time. Medea seems pre-condemned as a family destroyer, emphasizing her involvement in her father's and brother's deaths, yet those same actions can form part of the sins heaped at Jason's feet, adding to the list of reasons he deserves punishment. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Similarly convoluted messaging around the children: to be exiled or abandoned, shamed by their father's actions and displaced by his ambition, like Medea, they no longer have a home, and so Medea can find moments of justification beyond her own thirst for vengeance in determingintheir fate. Jason is an odd figure, at first the self-aggrandizing villain identity is obvious, whatever he says, his actions are to further his own interests, 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? no thought for his wife and children, unless you believe the like that his new marriage will better their station, even as he moves to have a family with the princess. Yet his remorse at this childrens' murder seems genuine - is it's only purpose to allow Medea to have her full sense of revenge, or, even as she promises to bury them where he cannot reach them, is she protecting them from him still? (edited) 2w

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? Medea's othering is also briefly touched on, the idea that she has power, due to her lineage and her collaboration in violent acts previously, and her vicious cursing of the royal family her husband has now switched his allegiance to, her being a 'foreigner', both in Jason's homeland and her sought asylum in Athens. The chorus admonishes her for her blood-thirsty plans, 2w

Robotswithpersonality 6/? and while that falls in line with some tenets of ancient Greek morality on display: Aigeus swears an oath as a future host having answered Medea's supplication, Medea's broken family bonds by murder and is cursed by it, it also leaves one wondering if anyone is on her side. The othering continues when she and Jason both emphasize women's 'failings' when it suits them, the difficulties inherent in motherhood and how that may clash with other 2w

Robotswithpersonality 7/7 goals, other sides of a child-bearer's identity.
A bit of a nostalgic read because it got me thinking about analysis from college course, and also a masterful snippet exploring the dark side of 'what would you do' feminine rage and pride versus more traditional feminine roles, the bonds of love and loyalty to family. It's no wonder the tale has lasted this long.
⚠️ misogyny, child death 2w

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PuddleJumper

The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare

So this is based on Taming of the Shrew/10 Things I Hate About You ... I'm guessing loosely since it's about assassins

Do I keep this for October or binge watch immediately. That is the dilema

Zuhkeeyah Binge watch! 2w

PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah 🤣🤣 2w

janeycanuck Why not both?! 2w

PuddleJumper @janeycanuck Oh that's true! It's not finished yet so I could wait 2w

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dabbe

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

#feelingthelove
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#roses

Eggs ❤️🌹❤️ 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🩶🩷🩶 2w

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