a short tribute to shakespeare
for some reason i was thinking about shakespeare on the train ride home. i was thinking about how much i enjoyed the plays that i have read by him. and i pinpointed the exact reason. in every one of his plays that i have read (ie. most notably hamlet and romeo and juliet) there is a part at the end that allows this retrospective view on the whole story. and you just sort of are forced to stop and realize everything that happened. and it all hits you at once. all the emotions and the characters and the intricacy of the plot. how fated everything was and how close it could have been to being something better. this moment where you put down the book and just sort of have to think about it all, and digest it slowly... this standstill, is what gets me about shakespeare.