{"id":1407194,"date":"2022-08-22T10:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1407194"},"modified":"2022-08-22T21:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T01:03:46","slug":"women-in-shakespeare-ranked-by-how-likely-theyd-be-to-murder-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/women-in-shakespeare-ranked-by-how-likely-theyd-be-to-murder-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Shakespeare, Ranked by How Likely They&#8217;d Be to Murder You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/shakespearemurder_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All the characters in Shakespeare&#8217;s plays exist on a sliding scale of \u201chas never thought about murder even once\u201d to \u201cIS JUST MURDERING PEOPLE, CONSTANTLY AND WITH GREAT FEELING, LIKE IT&#8217;S THEIR JOB.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is especially true for the women, who quite frankly have a lot to murder about (rampant misogyny, gender politics, and unfounded accusations of infidelity that invariably lead to their deaths, just to name a few).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a handful of Shakespeare&#8217;s female characters, ranked by how likely they would be to murder people in general and you specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the characters in Shakespeare&#8217;s plays exist on a sliding scale of \u201chas never thought about murder even once\u201d to \u201cIS JUST MURDERING PEOPLE, CONSTANTLY AND WITH GREAT FEELING, LIKE IT&#8217;S THEIR JOB.\u201d&nbsp; This is   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[524,7915,25017,171,248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407194"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446551,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407194\/revisions\/1446551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}