Lately I have been
finding Shakespeare references in almost everything I read. It’s kind of
wonderful. In Jennifer Belle’s novel Going
Down, there are two Shakespeare references. The first is related to Romeo And Juliet and the theatre: “I was
also forced to take Tech, where you have to work behind the scenes. You have to
walk around in a flannel shirt and pretend that you’re just as happy to build
Juliet’s balcony as to be Juliet because that is how much you love the theater”
(page 72). The second reference is a bit odd. Belle writes, “She had frizzy
Shakespearean hair and overalls” (page 77). I’m not sure exactly what she means
by “Shakespearean hair.”
This book was
published in 1996.
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