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Senior Year Of College According To Shakespeare Plays

Because why not relate a modern day struggle to 500-year-old stories?

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Senior year of college has you going crazy in ways you never imagined. Shakespeare may have been written 500 years ago, but it is still relevant today, not only because of it's uniqueness and excitement, but because we still feel certain ways that the characters do. Thankfully, we don't have issues where we fear losing a pound of our flesh, or our eyeballs being ripped out, and thankfully us ladies are able to enjoy not having our ribs crushed by a corset. However, we still face our own unique and modern-day problems which surprisingly somewhat relate to the humorous stories that Shakespeare wrote.

You're becoming King Lear

At first you felt like everything in your life was organized, but now you feel like you're 10% sane thanks to classes and the horrible tragedies of so-called 'adulting'. You feel like you're supposed to be in control of everything but at the same time you feel like you're overwhelmed by everything that's going on.

On the other hand, you may feel like Cordelia during job interviews, worrying about the other competitors who want the job you also want, and who get interviewed before you. As each other candidate goes before you, you feel as if you're chances of saying something unique and which make you stand out are fading, but even worse, we don't have idea what the other candidates are saying. (Thanks to websites like Indeed.com for reminding us how many people have already applied).



The college senior's life: Much Ado About Nothing

Senior year is obviously one of the most stressful years, but while you are freaking out about legitimate things such as graduating on time, getting a job, and trying to resist senioritis, you also tend to make a big deal over every little thing as everything builds up. You might find yourself doing everything from yelling at inanimate objects to being mad at yourself for eating ramen noodles everyday for a week, to freaking out over homework that's barely worth anything, and of course the senior-favorite, being stressed about being stressed. As for the college students who think their professors are after them, they might imagine them as Don John. However, all professors are really Don Pedro; bringing people together, but not always knowing what's going on (hence, why all the 'early' exams are the same week...).

The Merchant of Venice: When terrifying loan deals meet today's debt

Taking loans from the school and feeling like you're going to lose everything if you don't pay it back all at once seems almost as awful as Antonio's situation with Shylock. Having taken loans seems to torment you whenever you start searching for places to live, especially now that Betsy DeVos has kindly made it even harder for students to pay their loans back (perhaps she's the modern-day Shylock, though). Nevertheless, too many college students today are Antonio; his ships being our job search results, his anti-Semitic behavior being our making fun of college at times, and his indecisiveness being our poor spending habits as college students.

Romeo and Juliet

For those who are lucky enough to have a significant other in college, you may often feel as though the two of you are Romeo and Juliet, especially in your senior year, and even more so if you're in a long distance relationship. Imagine if Romeo and Juliet had social media today, though. Long distance relationships seem to almost never work out these days, and usually end in tragedy. Thankfully, no one's relationship ends from poison like Romeo and Juliet's, just lack of trust thanks to social media.

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