Thursday, April 08, 2010 @ 10:21 PM
its amazing how lines of plays seem to fit my life perfectly nowadays, a tragedy no less. perhaps this is what you call a good script and a good playwright- to write things that seem relevant to everyday life?
'With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks'
- King Lear, William Shakespeare
To cry so hard that grooves appear on the cheeks as the tears trail down the face- how much must one cry to get even slightly near that? i wouldn't want to find out. but what i'll acknowledge is that crying makes one's eyes VERY VERY TIRED indeed, and it makes the eyes hurt if you stay up at night.
But well, what can i say to the assessors who thought that the presentation wasn't good enough even when my teacher thought it was good?
'Life and death, I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus,
That these hot tears, which break from me perforce,
Should make thee worth them. Blasts and fogs upon
thee!'
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus,
That these hot tears, which break from me perforce,
Should make thee worth them. Blasts and fogs upon
thee!'
- King Lear, William Shakespeare
how true how true. except for the manhood part, but the rest are spot on. oh, the wonders of Shakespearean language. maybe i'm just feeling bitter, or maybe just hurt, but whatever the case...
how true how true. except for the manhood part, but the rest are spot on. oh, the wonders of Shakespearean language. maybe i'm just feeling bitter, or maybe just hurt, but whatever the case...
'Which like an engine wrenched my frame of nature
From the fixed place, drew from my heart all love
And added to the gall.'
From the fixed place, drew from my heart all love
And added to the gall.'
- King Lear, William Shakespeare
it does feel good to be able to express myself so adequately for the first time in such a long time, to know that languages does trounce time and space. never had there been a time where i appreciated language more:)
thank you friends who were so accepting of my emotional mess and still wanted me as a friend despite my emotional baggage. all the hugs and words of encouragement were so so so, well, for lack of a better word, encouraging, and i can't even begin to say how it has made me feel so much better. once again, in the Shakespearean language, i shall now quote Goneril, but i mean every word, unlike the scheming her and Regan, unlike Edmund, the Machiavellian character:)
it does feel good to be able to express myself so adequately for the first time in such a long time, to know that languages does trounce time and space. never had there been a time where i appreciated language more:)
thank you friends who were so accepting of my emotional mess and still wanted me as a friend despite my emotional baggage. all the hugs and words of encouragement were so so so, well, for lack of a better word, encouraging, and i can't even begin to say how it has made me feel so much better. once again, in the Shakespearean language, i shall now quote Goneril, but i mean every word, unlike the scheming her and Regan, unlike Edmund, the Machiavellian character:)
'Dearer than eyesight, space and liberty,
Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare,
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour.'
Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare,
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour.'
- King Lear, William Shakespeare
Everything seems so much more bearable when i know that there are people out there who care of me, to whom my feelings mattered, and who will stand up for me without hesitation if i am scorned (its such a strong word, but as long as it gets the message across, why not?)
Everything seems so much more bearable when i know that there are people out there who care of me, to whom my feelings mattered, and who will stand up for me without hesitation if i am scorned (its such a strong word, but as long as it gets the message across, why not?)
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