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Down Shakespearean Halls
When you step into Shakespeare’s world, it’s not just old words and dusty candlelight. The place feels alive. You can hear the tension, the emotional fireworks, and you see all kinds of human mess practically laid out on stage. Even after four hundred years, writers still roam those halls, trying to capture some of that magic for themselves. Whether they’re writing the next bestselling novel, a screenplay, poems, or just clever posts for social media.
Shakespeare gets people. His characters aren’t stuck in distant history with fancy language; they have ambitions that spiral out of control, jealousy that eats them up, love that happens way too fast, and fears that sneak up on them. Macbeth wants power so badly it destroys him, Hamlet can’t make up his mind, Juliet falls in love in a blink and pays the price. Modern stories do the same thing, just in different settings. The heart-thumping emotions — those are pure Shakespeare.
Then there’s his dialogue. Shakespeare had this knack for writing lines that sound poetic and real at the same time. You remember his words because they took ordinary speech and made it sing, but without losing the grit. Writers today are still chasing that balance. They want conversations to feel true, but with a little extra snap or style. Every time you hear a line in a TV drama or read a passage in a novel that sticks with you, there’s a bit of Shakespeare lurking underneath.
He also made his characters complicated — not just cardboard heroes or villains. Almost nobody in his plays is all good or all bad. That mix is key in modern writing. Readers and viewers want characters who struggle, who make mistakes, who aren’t squeaky clean. The antihero? Shakespeare had it figured out ages ago.
What really made him stand out was his willingness to take risks. He blended genres, messed with structure, made up words, and just did whatever felt right for the story. Now, writers working in digital platforms, streaming series, interactive games face the same kind of wild territory. Shakespeare’s lesson? Don’t play it safe. Push the borders and see what happens.
Following in Shakespeare’s footsteps doesn’t mean copying his style. Nobody needs to write in verse or dream up speeches about castles and ghosts. What matters is the guts he had, that urge to tell the truth about people. That’s what sticks, no matter how much the world changes, or how many trends come and go.
Those old halls are still open — anyone trying to say something real about people and imagination can walk right in.
Okay all of you bards and bardettes…Get back to those darn keys! Thank you so much for your continued readership and support. Until next week…Blessings and Peace!
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Modernizing Shakespeare can be bold or just awkward. Keeping the original verse while dropping it into a world of helicopters, firearms, and contemporary politics often creates more distraction than insight. Some adaptations embrace the theatrical roots and soar; others land in a strange middle ground where nothing quite fits.
#Shakespeare #FilmCriticism #KingLear #Macbeth #Othello #Theatre #Film #Adaptations #Cinema #Literature #MovieReview
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"I have to have something to sell tickets. The stuff you sent the other day isn’t it."
Fedi, I'm petty. And hurt. And pissed off. Now, as the saying goes: in matters of taste, the customer is always right. HOWEVER.
I love these promos. What do you think, fedi friends? Are you coming to my murder mystery?
#MurderMystery #Theatre #ActorsLife #MurderMysteryTheatre #PerformingArts #ArtHistory #ClassicArt #ClassicPaintings #Shakespearean #Macbeth #JuliusCaesar #SaturnDevouringHisSon #Pygmalion
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Not yet, but that's the plan! I've already decided Macbeth will be Mhach's Archmagus, someone who takes the role first filled by Shattoto Shato.
I am most excited about who the three witches might be. I have an idea. I might pull back out the three Paragons that caused the fall of Troyv: Igeyorhm, Deudalaphon, and Halmarut. Not sure yet.
I just know with 100% certainty that Macbeth will be named The Tragedy of Sasankhu.
The Tragedy of Sasankhu
After receiving a void-prophecy that he would rule the vaunted Magocracy of Mhach, the ambitious voidmage Sasankhu Onkonkhu murders the High Arcmagus to seize the High Seat of Mhach.
His reign becomes a nightmare of blood and paranoia as he attempts to use void magic to prevent his power from fading.
Sasankhu's fate reaches its climax when he is slain by a rival who exploits a linguistic flaw in the prophecy’s logic, leaving the "Son of Life" to be unmade by the very shadows he sought to command.
#FFXIV #FF14 #FinalFantasyXIV #FFXIVLore #GPOSERS #FFXIVRP #Mhach #Macbeth #Shakespeare #Retelling #TheTragedyOfSasankhu #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #Literature #Bardcore #Ascian #Igeyorhm #Voidmage #Shattoto #Voidsent #Sasankhu
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Not yet, but that's the plan! I've already decided Macbeth will be Mhach's Archmagus, someone who takes the role first filled by Shattoto Shato.
I am most excited about who the three witches might be. I have an idea. I might pull back out the three Paragons that caused the fall of Troyv: Igeyorhm, Deudalaphon, and Halmarut. Not sure yet.
I just know with 100% certainty that Macbeth will be named The Tragedy of Sasankhu.
The Tragedy of Sasankhu
After receiving a void-prophecy that he would rule the vaunted Magocracy of Mhach, the ambitious voidmage Sasankhu Onkonkhu murders the High Arcmagus to seize the High Seat of Mhach.
His reign becomes a nightmare of blood and paranoia as he attempts to use void magic to prevent his power from fading.
Sasankhu's fate reaches its climax when he is slain by a rival who exploits a linguistic flaw in the prophecy’s logic, leaving the "Son of Life" to be unmade by the very shadows he sought to command.
#FFXIV #FF14 #FinalFantasyXIV #FFXIVLore #GPOSERS #FFXIVRP #Mhach #Macbeth #Shakespeare #Retelling #TheTragedyOfSasankhu #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #Literature #Bardcore #Ascian #Igeyorhm #Voidmage #Shattoto #Voidsent #Sasankhu
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The RSC’s Macbeth is taking its final bow in Stratford. I was there on opening night. I wrote about it — and unexpectedly went viral.
That production changed me.
This is my final tribute to it, and the beginning of something new.
✨ “What’s Done is Done”: Final Thoughts About Macbeth
🔗 https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/whats-done-is-done-final-thoughts-about-macbeth/#Theatre #Macbeth #StratfordUponAvon #RSC #ActorLife #Shakespeare #ArtsCommunity #BlogPost
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The reviews are coming in #samheughan #macbeth (they just had their press night)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/macbeth-rsc-sam-heughan-32cc7pwb9
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The reviews are coming in #samheughan #macbeth (they just had their press night)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/macbeth-rsc-sam-heughan-32cc7pwb9
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The reviews are coming in #samheughan #macbeth (they just had their press night)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/macbeth-rsc-sam-heughan-32cc7pwb9
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The reviews are coming in #samheughan #macbeth (they just had their press night)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/macbeth-rsc-sam-heughan-32cc7pwb9
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The reviews are coming in #samheughan #macbeth (they just had their press night)
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/macbeth-rsc-sam-heughan-32cc7pwb9
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Moirai
In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Moirai
In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Moirai
In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Moirai
In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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#BostonWeekend 36/x Sat-Sun SHAKESPEARE Macbeth in #CambridgeMA https://www.dreamroleplayerstheater.com
#TheBard #MacBeth #MechBath #BostonTheatre -
Macbeth – Ein Epos – Nach William Shakespeare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSvNgOVjfA
Drei seltsame Gestalten ziehen durch das Dickicht des schottischen Hochlands – die Hexen sind auf der Suche nach Macbeth und Banquo. Sie wollen Duncans Kronvasallen eine folgenschwere Prophezeiung überbringen: Auf Macbeth warte die Krone, aber nur Banquo werde einen königlichen Nachkommen zeugen. Die beiden Freunde versuchen, die Prophezeiung abzutun, bis Macbeths schöne Frau Skena ihrem Gemahl einflüstert, dass er – und nur er allein – ein Anrecht auf den Thron habe.
Mit dem Tempo und der Sprachgewalt zeitgemäßer Thriller haben A. J. Hartley und David Hewson aus Shakespeares klassischem Drama ein fulminantes Epos über politische Intrigen, üblen Verrat und hinterhältige Morde gestrickt, das zwei der stärksten Charaktere aller Zeiten birgt.
#AJHartley #DavidHewson #Drama #Epos #Hörspiel #Literatur #Macbeth #Theater #WilliamShakespeare
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"Thou art kind."
#ScottishPlay
#Macbeth
#Tragedies> I tag haiku
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East meets West!> because the witches were discussing the weather, if I recall.
If I recall correctly (do I?), one of them told the others how she had sent a storm after a ship whose master's wife had offended her.
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Is good.
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Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal. -
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Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal. -
1/?
Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal. -
1/?
Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal. -
1/?
Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal. -
#BostonWeekend 18/x
Fri-Sat - #Shakespeare - The Scottish Play (appears to be staged in a contemporary setting & exploring AI/algorithms) $20, #DorchesterMA https://commshakes.org/production/macbeth-stage2-public-performances/
#Macbeth #BostonTheatre -
#Shakespear #Macbeth #Dagger #Chilling #DanielMays
From 2016
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#Shakespear #Macbeth #Dagger #Chilling #DanielMays
From 2016
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#Shakespear #Macbeth #Dagger #Chilling #DanielMays
From 2016
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#Shakespear #Macbeth #Dagger #Chilling #DanielMays
From 2016
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#Shakespear #Macbeth #Dagger #Chilling #DanielMays
From 2016
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Blogkino: Throne Of Blood (1957)
Heute zeigen wir im Blogkino den Spielfilm Throne of Blood: Thron des Blutes (japanisch: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, wörtlich: "Das Spinnennetz-Schloss" [Anm. Hier als Das Schloß im Spinnwebwald gelaufen]) ist ein japanischer #Jidaigeki-Film aus dem Jahr 1957, der von Akira #Kurosawa mitgeschrieben, produziert, geschnitten und inszeniert wurde, mit Spezialeffekten von Eiji #Tsuburaya. Der Film überträgt die Handlung des englischen Dramatikers William# Shakespeare in seinem Stück #Macbeth (1606) vom mittelalterlichen #Schottland ins feudale #Japan, wobei stilistische Elemente aus dem #Noh-Drama verwendet werden. In den Hauptrollen spielen Toshiro #Mifune und Isuzu #Yamada, die den Figuren Macbeth und Lady Macbeth nachempfunden sind.
Wie das #Theaterstück erzählt auch der Film die Geschichte eines Kriegers, der auf Drängen seiner ehrgeizigen Frau seinen Herrscher ermordet. Kurosawa war ein Fan des Stücks und plante mehrere Jahre lang eine eigene Verfilmung, die er jedoch zurückstellte, nachdem er von Orson #Welles' Macbeth (1948) erfahren hatte. Er änderte unter anderem das Ende, bei dem Bogenschützen Pfeile um Mifune herum schießen mussten. Der Film wurde rund um den Berg #Fuji und die #Izu-Halbinsel gedreht. Mit einem Budget von 120 Millionen Yen oder 350.000 US-Dollar (entspricht 3.797.000 Dollar im Jahr 2023) war der Film zum Zeitpunkt seiner Veröffentlichung einer der teuersten Filme, die je in Japan gedreht wurden.
Trotz der Änderung des Schauplatzes und der Sprache sowie zahlreicher kreativer Freiheiten wird Throne of Blood oft als eine der besten Verfilmungen des klassischen Theaterstücks angesehen und von der Kritik hoch gelobt. Der Film wurde mit zwei #Mainichi-Filmpreisen ausgezeichnet, darunter als bester Schauspieler für Toshiro Mifune.
https://www.trueten.de/archives/13323-Blogkino-Throne-Of-Blood- 1957.html #Kino #Film
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Hexen sagen voraus, dass Banquos Sohn mal König wird! Nein! Niemand wird mir den Thron wegnehmen! Habe Plan, um Banquo aus dem Weg zu räumen.
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Hexen sagen voraus, dass Banquos Sohn mal König wird! Nein! Niemand wird mir den Thron wegnehmen! Habe Plan, um Banquo aus dem Weg zu räumen.
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Hexen sagen voraus, dass Banquos Sohn mal König wird! Nein! Niemand wird mir den Thron wegnehmen! Habe Plan, um Banquo aus dem Weg zu räumen.
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#Beltane blessings from the Weird Sisters. 🔥
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@farneyexpat @elibisme @hicoo @marq @shakespearenut @Joncperson @Rubrastella @jblue @rune
IMPORTANT -- change of schedule
Apologies for the late change, but unfortunately I am unavailable on the 24th and 25th, so I am going to have to do our #Macbeth #Shakespeare discussion group on another day. Stay tuned for new scheduling info.
In the meantime, here is link to the #McKellen production of the #ScottishPlay one more time...
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Ist jemand aus der #Theaterbubble #Düsseldorf hier? Ich bin eine Woche lang in der Stadt und ihr findet mich nahezu jeden Abend im #DüsseldorferSchauspielhaus 🙂 In den letzten Tagen war ich in #Cabaret, #Ödipus und #Macbeth, die nächsten Tage freue ich mich auf #Dorian, #Hamlet und #Muinda. 🎭
