Homebaked Shakespeare

2010 New Year’s Resolutions from Shakespeare’s Characters

•Macbeth is going to stop looking to other people (and spirits) for validation.

•Juliet WILL stop experimenting with drugs.

•Portia is determined to get her online JD degree.

•Antonio is going to stop relying on Bassanio to satisfy his emotional needs and go to more Venice singles mixers.

•Viola and Ophelia are signing up for swim lessons.

•Bertram is going to try to sleep with his wife and not have post-traumatic stress flashbacks.

•This is the year Lear is going to call that anger management counselor.

•After 16 years of standing around, Hermione will shed those pesky pregnancy pounds.

•Queen Margaret is going to stop living in the past (but is still going to blame everyone around her for the present).