Act I, Scene 1 — A street in Verona
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Sampson@Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.08:00
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GregoryNo, for then we should be colliers.08:01
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SampsonI mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.08:02
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GregoryAy, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.08:03
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Benvolio@Sampson @Gregory part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do.08:04🙏
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TybaltWhat, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, @Benvolio, look upon thy death.08:05💀😳
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BenvolioI do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me.08:06
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TybaltWhat, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.08:07🔥💀
Gregory
A truth universally acknowledged — and a ball
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Mrs BennetIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man with a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 💍08:00
Mr Bennet!! Netherfield Park is let at last — to a young man of LARGE fortune. Four or five thousand a year! You MUST go and meet him.08:01
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Mr BennetI see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go — though I suspect he will like you best of the party, my dear.08:02
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Mrs BennetYou take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves. 😤08:03
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Mr BingleyCome @Darcy, I hate to see you standing about by yourself. Do dance. There are pretty girls everywhere tonight.08:04
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Mr DarcyShe is tolerable, I suppose; but not handsome enough to tempt me. Return to your partner.08:05
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ElizabethOh, I heard ALL of that. 💀 Fine by me — I could more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine.08:06
Mark my words: I would not dance with that man if he were the last in Hertfordshire.08:07
Mr Bennet
Down the Rabbit-Hole
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AliceSo bored. My sister's book has no pictures or conversations. What is even the use of a book like that? 🥱08:00
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The White RabbitOh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!08:01
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AliceWait — did that rabbit just take a WATCH out of its WAISTCOAT pocket? I have to follow this. Obviously.08:02
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The White RabbitNo time, no time! The Duchess will have my head! 🐇⏰08:03
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AliceDown the hole I go and— oh, I'm falling so slowly I could read on the way down. There are cupboards and maps and jars everywhere.08:04
Landed. A tiny golden key, a tiny door, a garden behind it I can't reach. Curiouser and curiouser.08:05
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A little bottleDRINK ME ✨08:06
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AliceIt isn't marked 'poison', so… bottoms up. Wait — I'm shutting up like a telescope! I'm only ten inches high!! 😳08:07
The White Rabbit
Jonathan Harker's Journal — the road to the castle
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Jonathan HarkerClosing a property deal for a Transylvanian count. Long way from home, but good for the firm. The scenery is unreal.08:00
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The Innkeeper's WifeYou go to the castle? Tonight, the eve of St George's, when all evil things hold sway? Take this — wear it for your mother's sake. 🪦08:01
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Jonathan HarkerA crucifix. The whole village made the sign against the evil eye as my coach left. Unsettling, but I'm sure it's just folklore.08:02
The driver had eyes that glowed red in the lamplight. Wolves circled the coach and then… parted. We're here. The castle is vast and dark.08:03
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Count DraculaWelcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will. 🩸08:04
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Jonathan HarkerHis hand was cold as ice — more the hand of a dead man. And his teeth… I caught myself staring. Listen, the food is excellent. He never eats with me.08:05
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Count DraculaI never drink… wine. You will stay a while, Mr Harker. We have much business, and the nights here are long.08:06
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Jonathan HarkerI tried the doors this morning. Every one of them is locked. I am a prisoner. 😶08:07
The Innkeeper's Wife
On the ice — Walton's ship
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Captain WaltonWe pulled a man off the ice today. Half-frozen, chasing something across the floes. He'll talk once he's warm.08:00
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Victor FrankensteinYou seek knowledge as I once did. Listen, and learn how dangerous that hunger is.08:01
I discovered the secret of life itself. I gathered the parts. I worked for two years. And then it opened its eyes.08:02
It was hideous. I had dreamed of beauty and made a monster. I fled my own creation. God forgive me, I just left.08:03
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The CreatureI was new to the world. Cold, alone, and everyone screamed at the sight of me. What was I supposed to do? 💀08:04
I ought to be thy Adam, Victor. Instead I am the fallen angel. You owe me. Make me one companion, that is all I ask.08:05
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Victor FrankensteinNever. I will not loose a second curse upon the earth.08:06
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The CreatureThen I will be with you on your wedding night. Remember that. 🕯️08:07
Victor Frankenstein
Loomings — New Bedford to the Pequod
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IshmaelCall me Ishmael.08:00
Whenever it's a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I take to the sea. It's how I keep from knocking people's hats off in the street.08:01
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QueequegWe share the inn's only bed tonight, stranger. Do not mind the harpoon.08:02
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IshmaelBetter to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Honestly? You and me, married by morning.08:03
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Captain PelegSo you'd ship aboard the Pequod, would ye? Sign here. Lay-share's small, but the whales are large.08:04
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IshmaelAnd the captain — this Ahab? I've not laid eyes on him.08:05
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Captain PelegAhab's a grand, ungodly, god-like man. He lost a leg to a whale. Say no more on it.08:06
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ElijahShipped, have ye? Anything down there about your souls? Ah well — morning to ye, and a pleasant voyage. 🫠08:07
Queequeg
Basil's studio — the finished portrait
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Basil HallwardJust finished the best thing I've ever painted. It's a portrait of @Dorian and honestly it's got my whole soul in it. Might never show it. 🎨08:00
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Lord HenryNever show it?? Basil it's a masterpiece, you HAVE to post it. Beauty like that is a kind of genius. It doesn't need explaining.08:01
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Dorian Grayyou both keep talking about me like I'm not in the chat 😅 can I actually see it08:02
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Lord Henry@Dorian listen to me. You have the most marvellous youth, and youth is the one thing worth having. It fades so fast. One day you'll be old and wrinkled and nobody will look twice.08:03💀
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Dorian Grayok that's genuinely terrifying. don't say stuff like that 😭08:04
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Basil HallwardHenry, stop. You're putting ideas in his head. @Dorian don't listen to a word he says.08:05
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Dorian Grayno but he's right. I just saw the painting. it's perfect. and it'll stay perfect while I get old and gross. that's so unfair.08:06
I'd give anything — EVERYTHING — if it could be the other way round. if the picture aged and I stayed exactly like this. I'd give my soul for that. 🙏08:07😳🔥
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Lord Henrynow THAT is the most interesting thing you've ever said.08:08
Lord Henry