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Shakespeare Would LOL at These 40 Memes Inspired by His Plays

Shakespeare Would LOL at These 40 Memes Inspired by His Plays

Have you ever found yourself in the throes of a Shakespearean tragedy, pondering the heavy weight of existence, only to think, “You know what this needs? A meme!” Verily, the Bard himself would be tickled—a belly laugh echoing through the hallowed halls of the Globe—if he knew his timeless tales had spawned such modern-day jests. To be meme’d or not to be meme’d, is that even a question?

From the melodramatic musings of Hamlet to the romantic follies of Romeo and Juliet, I’ve scoured the internet to bring you 40 of the funniest memes that would have even the most stoic English professors LOL’ing in iambic pentameter. Prepare thyself for a rollicking journey through memes, wherefore art thou ready?

BEST SHAKESPEARE MEMES

1. Macbeth

Macbeth funny quote "What, you egg?"

2. Shakespeare’s plays: history refashioned into drama

Shakespeare writing his history plays funny meme

3. Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare meme

4. Shakespeare, the King of Irony

Shakespeare dramatic irony meme

5. Confusion and chaos everywhere

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo tumblr meme

6. Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar Shakespeare meme

7. King Lear

Shakespeare King Lear Meme

8. Shakespeareverse

William Shakespeare funny meme

9. Romeo and Juliet

10. Hamlet

Shakespeare Hamlet meme

11. Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing funny shakespeare meme

12. Macbeth

Shakespeare funny meme about Macbeth

13. Romeo and Bob

Shakespeare funny meme

14. Romeo and Juliet

15. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare meme

16. Macbeth

17. Shakespeare’s tragedies

Shakespeare's tragedies meme

18. Macbeth

Funny meme about Shakespeare's Macbeth

19. Julius Caesar

Funny meme about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar play

20. The ultimate Shakespeare alignment chart

21. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare meme

22. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream meme

23. Macbeth

Shakespeare Lady Macbeth meme

24. Old but gold

How I feel when I when I write "thus" on an essay meme

25. Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet meme

26. Eff the naysayers

Shakespeare naysayers meme

27. Romeo and Juliet

Montagues and Capulets Shakespeare meme

28. Hamlet

Hamlet monologue funny meme

29. Fun fact

Funny Shakespeare meme

30. Macbeth

Macbeth witches funny meme

31. Othello

Shakespeare Othello meme

32. William Shakespeare’s famous quote

William Shakespeare funny quote

33. Hamlet

Hamlet meme

34. The man introduced over 1700 words to English language

Shakespeare inventing words meme

35. Hamlet

Hamlet talking about women meme

36. Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet meme

37. Hamlet

Hamlet meme

38. Facts

Shakespeare lion king meme

39. Hamlet

Shakespeare Ophelia meme

40. Hamlet

Hamlet best meme

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