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hi! here’s a list of almost every single anaysis Thing I’ve come across in like two months of being insane about the scottish play. Most are about lady macbeth/the gender theme btw.
‘He has no children’: The centring of grief in The Show Must Go Online’s Macbeth - Gemma Allred: on the misogyny that frequently surrounds conversations around Lady Macbeth
this post by @amillionmillionvoices: Same topic as the previous one, but goes more in depth, explains ladymac’s motivations as mostly coming from love not self-serving ambition.
this post by @dukeofbookingham: also explains the prior point very prettily— that ladymac is (mostly) motivated by love, but also makes the case that many of it is guilt born from not fulfilling societal expectations
On the character of Lady Macbeth - Dr. Emil Pfundheler: paper that explains the same point made in the previous post, using the text to explain. Written in 1873 so explains gender as a dichotomy, but once you take that out, its points are very good.
Characteristics of women: moral, political, and historical - Anna Jameson: aka Why Lady Macbeth is not inherently evil— same topic and the other two, but focuses a bit on the fact that she is A Woman. Not my favorite, but worth reading I suppose. Also includes analyses of many female Shakespeare characters. It does include some very bad history in the beginning— Gruoch did not orchestrate Duncan’s murder. That’s something Hector Boece made up.
Lady Macbeth: “Infirm of purpose” (from The Woman’s Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare) - Joan Larsen Klein: on how she both fits and doesn’t fit the idea of a reinassance wife— doesn’t fit because she isn’t aligned to god (this read more like a Christian analysis than a feminist one if I’m being honest), but fits them because she behaves like one, only subverts them because she’s like, the evil murder girl version of the Wife. The essay right after this one is also very good.
The Hysteria of Lady Macbeth: required reading if you wanna play her Btw not kidding. Analyzes her character thru the lens of freudian psychology. Screws up the text of the play a bit but provides an actual in-depth explanation of how sonnambulism works. Note that “hysteria” is not a current psychological diagnosis, but a symptom of other conditions. Still extremely interesting.
The Macbeths - G. K. Chesterton: analysis of their relationship, makes some interesting point on the differences of the nature of their ambition and desire to kill the king
Shakespeare’s tragic frontier; the world of his final tragedies - Willard Farnham: this one is long but oh boy does it go deep. Talks about the lore of the witches, explains historical context to find out how the real events were so screwed up, makes an interesting point about Macbeth’s conscience against Lady Macbeth’s, and lastly talks about the tragic world of Macbeth compared to other tragedies.
Women’s fantasy of manhood: a Shakespearean theme - D. W. Harding: exactly what it says on the tin, using ladymac and her skewed (and I’d call romanticized) idea of what a man is that she pushes on Macbeth. So yeah, talks about the gender theme. Also talks about Goneril from Lear, Cleopatra, and Volumnia from Coriolanus and how they fit the theme— although ladymac is the only one who goes downhill from it.
Unnatural women in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth - Elizabeth Klett: I’ll be honest I didn’t love this one a lot. Basically talks about how every woman in Macbeth defies gender roles. Doesn’t go too deep however. But the book has a ton of essays analyzing female characters in classic lit.
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Recently, I’ve been getting really into more older styles of knit and crochet, and in my search for vintage patterns I’ve come across a ton of sites and articles that have been incredibly helpful to me, so I thought I’d share them all with you. The majority of these are free, and this post is still being updated as I find more. Hope you enjoy!
(p.s. most of the places you can get crochet patterns are in the ‘Misc.’ section bc most sites have both knit and crochet patterns)
vintageknittingpatternarchive.com
An archive featuring a variety of patterns from the 1920s-1980s
Pros:
Completely free
You can search by bust size, colorwork, yarn weight, decade, and clothing article
Also features some crochet patterns
Cons:
The site can be hard to navigate
vam.ac.uk
An article featuring a 15 clothing patterns from the 1940s
Pros:
Completely free
Cons:
Only has instructions for one size
sunnystitcher.gumroad.com
A collection of vintage knit clothing patterns from the 1930s-1970s
Pros:
A “name your own price” site, you can choose to pay $0 if you choose
Cons:
Not a lot of patterns
aranpatternarchive.com
A collection of vintage aran knitting patterns
Pros:
Completely free
Has a wide variety of patterns
antiquecrochetpatterns.com
An archive featuring a variety of vintage crochet patterns
Pros:
Completely free
A lot of home décor patterns
Cons:
Most of the clothing patterns are for babies and children
A lot of the patterns are currently unavailable due to the site being updated
thevintagepatternfiles.blogspot.com
Pros:
Completely free
Has patterns in different languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, and Russian
Has patterns dating back to the 1800s
You can search by size, clothing article, and decade
Cons:
The site can be a hard to navigate.
marymaxim.com
A collection of vintage knit/crochet patterns
Pros:
You can filter by pattern type and yarn weight
The patterns are relatively cheap, ranging from $0.99-$4.99
Cons:
No free patterns
You can’t filter by size
trove.nla.gov.au
A blog post featuring 2 vintage knit patterns and 1 vintage crochet pattern
Pros:
Completely free
Cons:
Patterns may be hard to read because they appear as old newspaper/magazine excerpts
antiquepatternlibrary.org
An archive featuring a variety of vintage knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, quilting, macrame, weaving, tapestry, and many more pattens.
Pros:
Completely free
Wide variety of patterns across many crafts
Cons:
Website has an older layout and can be hard to navigate
(p.p.s I didn’t put cons on a few of them bc I honestly didn’t find any. If you encounter any problems with any of these sites let me know and I will add that to the con list.)
(p.p.p.s. if you have any other websites you use for vintage patterns please share them I’m always in need of more)
Update: tried to make a cookie in a mug and made the World's Worst Mug Cookie. Texture of bad, dry sourdough and tastes like flour someone should ban me from the kitchen
drinking the World's Worst Hot Chocolate rn. like. It's a mix of cocoa powder, a little sugar, Milo and protein powder and way way too much water and a little almond milk. Tastes like nothing but hot but I've got a whole thermos full of this shit and by God am I going to drink it
Foraging
Watecolour on Arches paper
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