/lit/ - Literature

Holy shit, Shakespeare, what the fuck? This has to be the most terrifying piece of literature I've read in quite some time. The reputation that it has is well deserved and it's certainly the quintessential Shakespeare, but what I also find it interesting is that he wrote Lear in the same year he wrote Macbeth and Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. He was just on a whole other plane of excellence.

And is Edmund the evilest character Shakespeare has written? He seems like the combination of Richard III, Iago and a few others and seems like the embodiment of evil. And that's something that drew me to Shakespeare when I read him past Hamlet, he captures the very essence of evil like no other and characters like Edmund and Iago are simply terrifying because they're not just one dimensional murderers and what have thee that kill a lot and are supposed to be scary, but aren't. No, they feel human, have human like flaws and are human, which makes the, all the more terrifying and truly unforgettable. And the worst thing about them is that they're so much right in a lot of the things they say, which isn't to say that they're in the right overall because they're not, but they constantly make you question things and your own convictions, beliefs and what have ye, and I always found it a bit unsettling to think that people like that can do such a thing. But that is a testament to just what a brilliant writer Shakespeare was and how his works still captivate us centuries after, and will remain to do so until who knows when.

Holy shit, Shakespeare, what the fuck? This has to be the most terrifying piece of literature I've read in quite some time. The reputation that it has is well deserved and it's certainly the quintessential Shakespeare, but what I also find it interesting is that he wrote Lear in the same year he wrote Macbeth and Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. He was just on a whole other plane of excellence.

And is Edmund the evilest character Shakespeare has written? He seems like the combination of Richard III, Iago and a few others and seems like the embodiment of evil. And that's something that drew me to Shakespeare when I read him past Hamlet, he captures the very essence of evil like no other and characters like Edmund and Iago are simply terrifying because they're not just one dimensional murderers and what have thee that kill a lot and are supposed to be scary, but aren't. No, they feel human, have human like flaws and are human, which makes the, all the more terrifying and truly unforgettable. And the worst thing about them is that they're so much right in a lot of the things they say, which isn't to say that they're in the right overall because they're not, but they constantly make you question things and your own convictions, beliefs and what have ye, and I always found it a bit unsettling to think that people like that can do such a thing. But that is a testament to just what a brilliant writer Shakespeare was and how his works still captivate us centuries after, and will remain to do so until who knows when.