{"id":3123,"date":"2016-04-23T21:31:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/how-shakespeare-helped-create-todays-favorite-troubled-tv-characters\/"},"modified":"2016-04-23T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T13:31:03","slug":"how-shakespeare-helped-create-todays-favorite-troubled-tv-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/how-shakespeare-helped-create-todays-favorite-troubled-tv-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"How Shakespeare helped create today&#039;s favorite troubled TV characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5d6ae17b04ae434da41ba0d05394b0b6\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIyLzVkLzVkNmFlMTdiMDRhLjlhNTAyLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/487bfa29\/769\/5d6ae17b04ae434da41ba0d05394b0b6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=How+Shakespeare+helped+create+today%27s+favorite+troubled+TV+characters&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Ftv-shows-shakespeare-characters%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Ftv-shows-shakespeare-characters%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Though Shakespeare\u2019s death didn\u2019t attract much attention in 1616, it\u2019s big news today.<\/p>\n<p>To mark its 400th anniversary, there has been no end of events, whether it\u2019s the Folger Library\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/first-folio-tour\">First Folio Tour<\/a> to all 50 states or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespearesglobe.com\/theatre\/whats-on\/globe-theatre\/hamlet-globe-to-globe\">a production of <i>Hamlet<\/i><\/a>\u00a0that, to date, has been performed in 196 countries. As far away as Tehran, performances and exhibits have been organized. Closer to home, in New Orleans, two full-blown \u201cjazz funerals\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/tulane.edu\/news\/releases\/pr_042315.cfm\">will commemorate the occasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When thinking about the reasons for Shakespeare\u2019s enduring popularity, you could point to his facility with language, his ability to deliver moments that possess both poetic complexity and heartrending simplicity. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/23\/tv-shows-shakespeare-characters\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/literature\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Literature<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/books\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/pop-culture\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Pop Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/tv\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tv<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/shakespeare\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Shakespeare<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/6drZfAPfj8s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though Shakespeare\u2019s death didn\u2019t attract much attention in 1616, it\u2019s big news today. To mark its 400th anniversary, there has been no end of events, whether it\u2019s the Folger Library\u2019s First Folio Tour to all 50 states or a production &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/how-shakespeare-helped-create-todays-favorite-troubled-tv-characters\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[756,2402,2403,2124,810],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-books","tag-literature","tag-pop-culture","tag-shakespeare","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}