Ophelia By Alexander Cabanel; Ophelia By Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser; Ophelia By Jean Baptiste Bertrand;

The older I get the more I don’t see the point in talking

Do you ever think about how Hamlet starts after the king’s death - after Hamlet has fallen into depression - therefore, we have no idea of knowing what Hamlet was like before all of it went down?

Do you ever wonder what Hamlet was like before tragedy struck? Who was the man Horatio and Ophelia were in love with? Who was the man that the people of Denmark adored?

Because I do. All the time.

H… Hatsune Mic

the most heartbreaking part of hamlet really is the whole “goodnight sweet prince” part because when horatio says “and angels sing thee to thy rest” he is using the intimate form of thou, and it’s the first time he ever does it. hamlet consistently uses the intimate form of thou for horatio (only when they’re in private though, which – if shakespeare intentionally wanted to give their relationship homoerotic subtext, which he totally did – shows that hamlet wants to keep his romantic love for horatio a secret to the greater public) but horatio, being the respectful person he is and also given the fact that if he were to use the intimate form of thou it would pretty much be a romantic confession, never ever uses thou. except when after hamlet dies. when it’s too late. 

here hamlet is, dying in horatio’s arms, asking horatio if he ever held him in his heart. and horatio doesn’t get a chance to reply. hamlet dies. only then does horatio realize his mistake of not confessing sooner

Hamlet: Drank the liquid inside of my magic 8 ball and I’ve been predicting the future all day. My uncle says it was just normal water but whatever he dies tomorrow anyways.

Claudius: *dies the next day*

Hamlet: *holding bloody sword* See, I told you!

their addiction to serving despite having like 5 seconds worth of screen time should be studied

some of my favorite moments from history of the entire world, i guess

part 1 | part 2 | bonus

you guys have no idea of how much I daydream about time travel