"You talking to me?"

"You talking to me?"

With a tale, for sooth, he comet unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

—Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

We are all going to dress up like monsters and eat candy

"You talking to me?"

Inspired by Philip Sidney (1554-1586)'s quote, "With a tale, for sooth, he comet unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner". The titled responsion may be hard as interpreted through the lense of our contemporary vulgate, and yet I asure you, I have commanded your attention through the tales I am about to share.

Incipit, that larger than all the rest first letter, the capital annunciation of something divine to follow, the fairy tale that ensues raptures the imagination in a forceful continuation of thought. Do you see what I am saying?

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Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

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Watching the Wretched

Inspired by Mary Shelley (1797-1851)'s quote, "I beheld the wretch—the miserable monster whom I had created." The titled responsion is an obvious Frankenstein allusion.

The parallels make you question about the fusion of technology with the modernity that we refer to as the present. What are your thoughts?

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.

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Take-Two Acts of Kindness; the Plurality of One

Inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)'s quote, "There are no second acts in American lives." The titled responsion is referring to a cultural transmission of sorts (ie. an ordered arrangement).

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age.

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