Seeking Solace from Shakespeare

[Alaskawildkat]

Perhaps some wisdom from The Bard can help us at this juncture as we have now lost five winnable games by one score.

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degree?"

"The golden age is before us, not behind us."


Shakespeare Garden as photographed earlier this month:
Approach to the garden:

In the garden:

 

[Alaskawildkat]

 

[FeralFelidae]

"Smiling at grief"

 

[GECat2]

Both Shakespeare and our 2022 hopes for a good football season are dead.

 

[stpaulcat]

Fitz needs to go to the Shakespeare garden and contemplate how to get out of this mess.. It has worked for me.

 

[CatManTrue]

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”​

 

[drewjin]

"Double, double toil and trouble...
Something wicked this way" has "come(s)."

 

[fcmchi]

“Now is the winter of our discontent.”

 

[kaTNap]

“Now is the winter of our discontent.”

October 25th today; St Crispin's day ...
"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
we few, we happy few, we band of brothers ..."

 

[Hungry Jack]

On Fitz pressers: “You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”

On our offense: “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."

On our fans: ‘Get thee to a nunnery.‘

On the portal: "How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!’

On losing to SIU: "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."

On PF taking another HC job: “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love (NU)."

On JON: "Et tu, Brute?"

 

[fcmchi]

On Fitz pressers: “You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”

On our offense: “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."

On our fans: ‘Get thee to a nunnery.‘

On the portal: "How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!’

On losing to SIU: "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."

On PF taking another HC job: “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love (NU)."

On JON: "Et tu, Brute?"

Hungry,

That was impressive. Since you have a knack for this, what in our present circumstances goes well with, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

 

[stpaulcat]

The solace I get from Shakespeare is when I understand his dialogue or soliloquy.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Hungry,

That was impressive. Since you have a knack for this, what in our present circumstances goes well with, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

On what the playoff system has done to the once illustrious Rose Bowl

 

[fcmchi]

On what the playoff system has done to the once illustrious Rose Bowl

Good one, sadly.

Since it’s just money now they should rename the bowls when they expand the playoffs to 8 teams.

QUARTER BOWLS,
HALF BOWLS,
DOLLAR BOWL.

 

[SmellyCat]

Fitz's press conferences are full of sound and fury...signifying nothing.

 

[Frabjous]

‘Lord, what food these morsels be!’
—Mustard’s Last Stand, Act 2, Scene 3

 

[loyolacat]

Only at NU would we try and solve a football problem by reflecting on the works of Shakespeare!!!!!!! ya aint getting this on the Ohio St board
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be

 

[fcmchi]

Only at NU would we try and solve a football problem by reflecting on the works of Shakespeare!!!!!!! ya aint getting this on the Ohio St board
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be

Another good one. Let’s hope that what we may be is a of a hell lot better than what we are.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Good one, sadly.

Since it’s just money now they should rename the bowls when they expand the playoffs to 8 teams.

QUARTER BOWLS,
HALF BOWLS,
DOLLAR BOWL.

Free Bowl of Soup

 

[stpaulcat]

"In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge."

 

[FeralFelidae]

Free Bowl of Soup

Souper Bowl

 

[MaryGuzman]

My favorite one from all of Shakespeare's quotes is "Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love". Shakespeare's wise words remind us of the importance of patience in difficult times. It is easy to become discouraged and lose hope after a series of losses, but success often requires perseverance and a willingness to learn from mistakes. Healing also takes time, and rushing the process can lead to further harm. Instead of dwelling on past failures or successes, we should focus on the opportunities ahead. Moreover, I appreciate the beauty and complexity of Shakespeare's masterpieces, including "Macbeth". I found on a source some essays that show more about the ambition and cruelty of Lady Macbeth. This book is among my favorite ones. I adore it because it is about light, life, darkness and death. So those who haven't read it yet, they miss so much.