Tag: Hamlet

Poetry

Ophelia’s Ventriloquy by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

What had she wanted, unknowable—within those lips, be heard, could have occurredshe did even know? Such power, possessed,dispossesses had she wit, the words, words, words,pure spontaneity of ignorancespoken at last out loud, to say if not whothen that vitality unspecified,entire life pursued, continually deceived,egregiously misled, disappointed—although promised, never on Earth fulfilled. This agony curtailed, herself set freefrom assumption, false alternative buried:like Ophelia, submerged beneath the … Continue reading Ophelia’s Ventriloquy by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

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Essay

Has Taylor Swift Actually Read Hamlet? And, If So, Did She Understand It?, Or: The Fate of Ophelia Wasn’t to Be Commodified by a Pop Star (At Least Not Like This)

There’s nothing worse than demeaning a woman with regard to her “comprehension” of something. As if women don’t get enough grief/aren’t already questioned constantly whenever they say anything that a man (or fellow woman) can pounce on as being “wrong.” Just look at the clip of Kurt Loder correcting Jewel about the meaning of “casualty” in her A Night Without Armor poetry book. Or having … Continue reading Has Taylor Swift Actually Read Hamlet? And, If So, Did She Understand It?, Or: The Fate of Ophelia Wasn’t to Be Commodified by a Pop Star (At Least Not Like This)

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Criticism

Ariana Grande Songs as Shakespeare Plays

As Ariana Grande serves to build on an old lexicon–that of love and love lost–both in pop culture and (before that came along to destroy it) literature, it bears noting that the songs on thank u, next offer certain similar thematic elements to most of William Shakespeare’s plays. He was, after all, the supposed inventor of tragedian love, and the intermingling comedy that comes with it … Continue reading Ariana Grande Songs as Shakespeare Plays

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