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Gay themes in Shakespeare.

Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by RaeofLite, Jan 31, 2010.

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    It really wouldn't be completely unheard of..considering that the majority of his plays involved sex, fear, deception, murder, drugs..whatever you can really think of..they had to be interesting and keep the audience's attention.

    Whatever a playwright can imagine or fantasize (thats probably the wrong spelling) about will more than likely wind up on paper at one point or another (no matter how strange it may be).
     
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    Hm. I kind of suspect this professor of trying to find a "new" twist to Shakespeare just so she can make a name for herself. On the other hand, I am now tempted to see if my local library has any copies of Antony and Cleopatra...
     
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    William Shakespear most likely not the man who actually wrote the plays, though it has been rumored that he was gay. The real William Shakespear however was married with children, owned no books, would never have any knowledge of the court systems and could barely read himself. The man did not even sign his last will, he merely marked it, meaning he was pretty much illiterate. It was most likely the Earl of South Hampton (I think, If I remembered correctly) who wrote those plays, and it makes a lot of sense, because he would have knowledge of court systems and how the government worked, he owned TONS of books, and lead a life that could clearly be related to Shakespear
     
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    I totally giggled at the title of that webpage.

    "Shakespeare's hidden lesbians"

    I could see it though, but I really never got Shakespeare plays. I got like, an F on everything Shakespeare in high school :S Which was odd, cause when I actually wanted to, I could get an A, just not on that. XD
     
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    In Othello there are a lot of homosexual undertones, particularly with Iago and Othello. There's even a ceremony where they "bond" themselves together (figuratively) against their wives, and the diction contains lots of homosexualismality.
     
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    When I studied Merchant of Venice for my GCSE, I felt that Antonio might've been pinning for Bassanio instead - but could not let his love show as his friend is straight. Instead he indulges Bassanio's whims, lends him money etc etc... Anyone else thought this way?
     
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    Well in Midsummer's Night don't a lot of fairies go dancing about in the woods? I mean Puck rhymes with, well, you can pick that on up on your own. Anything about Shakespeare personally would probably just be gossip, but that does not mean inaccurate, just unverifiable. But seriously...

    Theater folk have always had various reputations. Some deserved and others not, but the theater has so often been a refuge profession for so many of us and for such a long time....bless the stage and the gypsy life that often came with it. I'd love to start a threads about the alleged (and demonstrated) homosexuality of many of the great stars of yesterday, and perhaps some of the stars of today. Internet has some great gossip on some of them.

    Not to be shallow, but real life porn is sometime really titillating :eusa_clap