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dark academia life is just [reads book in one sitting] [tries to memorize shakespeare quotes] [scribbles unintelligible greek words on back of hand] [quotes arthur rimbaud] [commits murder] [drinks 5 cups of coffee] ["looks like you missed your latin lessons today!" ft. a terrifying owl] [quotes oscar wilde] [wears poofy clothes] [quotes the secret history] [writes bad poetry in notes app] [yearns to be understood]

guide to being the dark academic you’ve always aspired to be

1. stand in the middle of a lake staring at the way the moonlight reflects off the blood on your hands

2. start using words with more syllables because it sounds smarter and you need everyone to know how smart you are so they won’t know you bribed your way into the gentleman’s club

3. cover your chin with a black scarf so people can’t see the scar you got from turning the pages of the encyclopaedia too quickly

4. clutter your room with things that you bought from old charity shops, so you can watch them collect dust (and so you won’t have to look at that mysterious red stain on the floor)

5. buy a coffin to sleep in (you can find one secondhand if it’s too expensive - don’t worry, that just adds to the mystique). 

6. string balls of cosy yarn across the floor, lest any intruders come. this way, you can catch them easily. 

7. spell your name wrong to prevent identity theft

8. cut all your hair off in an attempt to become someone else and then send the locks to your neighbours (don’t provide context)

9. dig yourself a grave four feet to the left of the nearest skyscraper

10. don’t look behind your shoulder or you’ll see her. donna. 

hey guys!! my apologies because it’s been a while since i’ve made a masterpost, but i just finished school + i need to study shakespeare, so i’ve decided to compile a masterpost of links for studying shakespeare! hope you like it ✨ [especially you @lionmcmuffin​ 💞]

resources

my shakespeare tag

+ a more aesthetic shakespeare tag

the ultimate english masterpost

shakespeare in modern english [this is great!]

+ an app that is something like the latter

literature notes [shakespeare central]

watch shakespeare’s plays!! [i watched the othello one, it’s ace!]

some productions

check out these courses [i’m also taking one on othello if it isn’t apparent which tragedy i’m studying yet B-)]

litcharts shakespeare [fave!!!]

the complete works of william shakespeare

approaching shakespeare [podcasts]

bbc shakespeare

shakespeare timeline

videos

why shakespeare loved iambic pentameter

did shakespeare write his plays?

insults by shakespeare

shakespeare explained on thugnotes [these are quite entertaining!]

shakespeare: the animated tales

writing

critical essays on shakespeare’s tragedies

some suggestions [especially for undergraduates!]

how do you analyse a scene from a shakespeare play?

notes on comedies

all’s well that ends well

as you like it

comedy of errors

love’s labour’s lost

the merchant of venice

measure for measure

the merry wives of windsor

much ado about nothing

a midsummer night’s dream

the taming of the shrew

the tempest

twelfth night

two gentlemen of verona

the winter’s tale

notes on tragedies

antony and cleopatra

hamlet

julius caesar

king lear

macbeth

othello

romeo and juliet

notes on histories

henry v

king henry iv, part one

richard ii

richard iii

sonnets

sonnet basics

a list of his sonnets [i love sonnet 55]

notes on sonnets

teaching + other resources

teaching shakespeare

the shakespeare resource centre

more teaching resources

the royal shakespeare company

+ my masterposts

notes, studying, and self-study resources

self-study resources

supplies

igcse resources

improving your handwriting

how to studyblr

literature masterpost

organisation

aesthetically pleasing notes

annotating

studying a foreign language

really great apps

math

college + uni

motivation

biology

space!!!!

chemistry

physics

summary writing

the discursive/argumentative essay

the narrative essay + the descriptive essay

the ultimate english masterpost!!

stress relief

what i’ve learnt throughout my years of being a student

how to stay productive during holidays

bullet journals

melodic studying

philosophy

stay sated whilst you’re motivated

+ more

ps i also have a study instagram which you can follow right here!!!

that is all, my friends, good luck with studying shakespeare :] may you all be super successful ❣ ❣

listen bro. u gotta have frivolities or else life is meaningless

M E T A N O I A

[GREEK]

(n.) The journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life; spiritual conversion.

Autumn Reads

types of dark academia

classic academia: beige trench coats, wool sweaters. plaid skirts. think femme fatale, but educated. sobbing in bed late at night over the secret history or dead poets society. tea with milk and sugar. subsequent tea stains.

darkest academia: running through the rain, dimly lit by streetlights. brown tweed jackets, dress shoes. cold fingers and colder gazes. french-pressed black coffee, piping hot. dark, candlelit rooms with ancient wood floors/walls. 

light academia: white cable-knit sweaters, sparkly eyes and foggy glasses. going to art museums and falling in love with every portrait, every sculpture. caressing the petals of a rose, hearing the crinkle of leaves underfoot.

witchy academia: burning candles while reading or doing homework. black turtlenecks, velvet skirts. walking through the forest in autumn. passing a graveyard and feeling a greyish presence. waiting anxiously for samhain.

romantic academia: writing flowery poetry about someone you’ll never speak to (guilty oops). a cozy alizarin sweater, pleated skirts. slow dancing around your room to the beatles. curling up with warm, pallid cups of tea and a book.

scholarly academia: impeccable notes in class. leather bound bags crammed with textbooks and pens. lots of coffee with scones, and even more late nights. a wide vocabulary (that people constantly comment on). lives in the library.

theatre academia: shakespeare, all the time - quoting, reading, praying for a school production of a midsummer nights dream. or the crucible. memorizing lines in the wings. taking on your character’s traits, even outside the theater.

We live in a world filled with old books, cups of tea sipped over conversations with a friend, music waiting to be heard, and endless questions longing to be answered. There are so many marvelous things around us all the time, and it can be so pleasant to slow down for a moment to take them all in.

Reminder to self

Your aren’t Henry Winter. Don’t beat yourself up for not reading brillant classic novels every second of the day. Real human minds need sleep and time to wander. Just because you missed your duolingo latin lesson today doesn’t mean Donna Tartt would hate you. This community is lovely, but can fuel a lot of self imposed pressure. Yes school matters, and yes, knowledge is a brilliant reason to live, but you run the risk of burning yourself out. It’s okay to rest. You are not lesser or base for taking a break.