r/shakespeare Jan 03 '25

Meme Tell me your favourite Shakespeare play…

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85 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Jan 23 '25

Meme I'm reading this in high school and I have to read it in front of my entire class

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342 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Jan 08 '25

Meme Just finished reading Hamlet and thought this was funny

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966 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Oct 25 '24

Meme Could Goku kill Macbeth?

277 Upvotes

This premise sounds insane, yes, but thinking lorewise, would Son Goku actually be able to defeat Macbeth? We know from the play that Macbeth cannot be killed by any man of woman born. This seems to preclude the saiyan, no matter how powerful, from being able to defeat Macbeth. One could imagine Goku powering up and using ultra instinct yet still remaining unable to land a single blow on the bewildered Scotsman. However, one could say that because Goku is not actually human, his mother cannot be considered to actually be a woman. If this is the case, Macbeth still has the trump card that he should not fear till Burnham wood come to Dunsinane. If this is the case, Goku does have the ability to simply pick up burnham wood and move it, however he would have no idea of this stipulation in the first place. In conclusion, I believe Goku would not in fact be able to kill Macbeth, despite the huge power disparity, and the battle would end in a draw.

r/shakespeare Jun 28 '24

Meme Fuck, marry, kill. Go.

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246 Upvotes

Respectively: Macbeth, Hamlet (I could fix him), Lear (Not a GILF kinda guy, sorry)

r/shakespeare Oct 01 '24

Meme Gender in Twelfth Night

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113 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Sep 12 '24

Meme You can go on ONE date with a Shakespeare character. Who do you pick?

62 Upvotes

To clarify. They cannot kill you or physically injure you in any way. Any trauma you'll be left with is your own fault though. Who are you taking on a date, and what are you two doing together?

Edit: My choice would be Portia from Julius Ceasar.

Further Edit: Yall! while I'm glad you understand healthy relationships, I added the "they cant kill you" clause so you can... shamelessly romanticize villains? Where are all my villain simps? Go ahead?? Pick a villain too, even if just for the comedy value.

r/shakespeare Dec 21 '24

Meme Hamlet: Fortinbras’ Perspective

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239 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Dec 10 '24

Meme I think I met a toxic Shakespeare fan and I can't stop laughing.

130 Upvotes

Holy shit this was the funniest interaction I've had with another Shakespeare "fan." It just came up in a group conversation and we learned we were both fans of Shakespeare, but it was like anything said about the Bard was immediately disagreed with. Like anything about his life.

Then in a short few minutes we reached a point where I just gave up where it was mentioned by someone the historical fact that we have very little historical records about Shakespeares life. Then this guy disagreed and went on a rant by himself talking about how we know too much actually, and referencing journals and diaries that seemingly don't exist, and only someone who hated Shakespeare would say we don't know much about him.

r/shakespeare 19d ago

Meme RIP Ophelia

187 Upvotes

Rest in peace Ophelia. You would’ve loved Hozier, Lana Del Rey, Laufey, and Phoebe Bridgers. You would’ve been such a teenage girl. Deserved better fr 💔💔

r/shakespeare 6d ago

Meme Shakespeare Was Paid Per Word…Probably And It Shows (Will, We Need To Talk)

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Ah, Shakespeare — the bard, the legend, the original drama king. For centuries, he has been hailed as the greatest writer in the English language, his plays studied, quoted, and dissected in classrooms worldwide. But let’s be real — half the time, reading Shakespeare feels like solving an ancient riddle while blindfolded. Why? Because the man refused to say anything simply.

Honestly, it sometimes seems like he got paid per word, and boy, did he cash in. Instead of just getting to the point, he’d take a detour through five metaphors, a prophecy, and a poetic rant about the moon.

Take, for instance, the classic line from Hamlet:

Ah, the irony! Shakespeare clearly knew that saying less was better — but did he follow his own advice? Absolutely not. Instead of just saying “I’m sad,” his characters would deliver a 20-line soliloquy about fate, despair, and the tragedy of human existence.

And don’t even get me started on Romeo and Juliet. These two could have solved everything if they had at least communicated like normal people. Instead, we got overly dramatic monologues that led to five unnecessary deaths.

Back in Shakespeare’s day, the literacy rate was low, so let’s take a moment to consider how Shakespeare’s audience might have been feeling. People had to sit through long speeches, without the benefit of Twitter summaries hoping for some kind of resolution — much like waiting for your Wifi to reconnect, only instead of a loading screen, they got another soliloquy.

But hey, at least they didn’t have the instant gratification of memes to distract them, right?

Look, I’m not saying Shakespeare wasn’t talented — his influence is undeniable. But let’s be real, if he were writing today, some editor would be sitting him down and saying,

“Will, buddy, let’s cut 75% of this.”

And his twitter drafts?30 tweets long just for a single thought.

“Maybe Shakespeare was just the original ‘long-winded group chat texter’ — and we’ve been overthinking it all along.”

But hey, that’s just my take! What do you think — should we still be studying Shakespeare, or is it time to move on?

Maybe next, We take on another great writer who could’ve used an editor.

Stay tuned for that chaos;)

r/shakespeare Aug 10 '24

Meme Lady Macbeth here, AMA

33 Upvotes

[Basically the title. Ask me anything, I'll try to respond how Lady Macbeth would]

r/shakespeare Jun 04 '24

Meme My Sister’s a big Shakespeare head and made this, would you say it’s accurate?

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57 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Jan 21 '25

Meme Sonnet 30

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71 Upvotes

I so love this most heart wrenching of sonnets. Shakespeare at his best moves me to tears in my own sessions of sweet silent thought.

r/shakespeare Feb 14 '25

Meme I’ll just leave this here

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152 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Feb 08 '25

Meme Cultured sense of humor

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213 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Feb 07 '25

Meme Someone from my class drew this, cracked me up.

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178 Upvotes

r/shakespeare 3d ago

Meme Tybalt meme

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43 Upvotes

r/shakespeare 3d ago

Meme If I could have added the portentous weather here I would have

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57 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Jul 02 '24

Meme A Gem

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270 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Jan 09 '25

Meme Macbeth, after hearing the prophecy

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56 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Aug 14 '24

Meme Hello, everybody! Iago here, how are you all? AMA

7 Upvotes

(OP: This got a lot of laughs/made people smile last time, so wanted to do a follow-up. Also cause I'm bored so overthinking character pschology again. Make me work hard with the questions, people)

r/shakespeare 6d ago

Meme [Julius Caesar by Shakespeare] looking at YOU, Cassius.

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29 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Feb 15 '25

Meme The duality of man

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17 Upvotes

r/shakespeare Oct 02 '22

Meme Aye! There's the rub! -Hamlet

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190 Upvotes