The tragedy of the man who slipped on the ice
The Tragedy of the Man who Slipped on the Ice, stylized in all caps, is a play by William "Shakey Baby" Shakespeare in 1601 about a man who slips on ice and subsequently has an existential crisis about it. It was written in a drunken rage and is considered the greatest of all of Shakey Baby's plays.
PLOT[edit | edit source]
A GUY SLPS ON ICE
ACT 1[edit | edit source]
A GUY SLIPS ON ICE. HE THEN RECOUNTS HIS EXPERIENCE. HE GETS SNOWBOOTS.
ACT 2[edit | edit source]
THE MAN WHO SLIPPED ON THE ICE CONTEMPLATES SLIPPING ON ICE. OBLIGATORY EXISTENTIAL Soliloquy PURSUES.
ACT 3[edit | edit source]
THE MAN WHO SLIPPED ON THE ICE DEMOSTRATES THE MONSTROSITY OF THE ICE TO HIS FRIENDS WHOM RECREATES. HE ACCIDENTALLY BREAKS HIS SPINE.
ACT 4[edit | edit source]
THE MAN WHO LSIPPED ON THE ICE CONTEMPLATES EXISTENCE AND DENOUNCES THE ICE; HE GETS A 100,000 DOLLAR MEDICAL BILL AND IS FORCED TO DIE.
EPILOGUE[edit | edit source]
THE MAN WHO SLIPPEDO N THE ICE RECOUNTS HIS STORY TO HAMLET.
RECEPTION[edit | edit source]
BECAUSE OF ITS THRILLING PLOT AND "to melt ice?" soliloquy, this is considered Shakespeare's magnum opus. It is also the most confusing allegorically, of Shakespeare's plays. Some people think that the Ice represents death and the inevitbaly of it, or giant medical bills being an eternal phenomenon. The two most popular theories: Shakespeare wanted Ice to represent death, (he being an englishman, this makes sense) and the other one is that Shakespeare wanted ice to represent the eternal enemy of Irish people: thick ice that, if stomped on, will result in slipping. Another debate: why does Jim Morrison on the cover of the album "L.A. Women" look like Kurt Russel? Who knows. This is the most mysterious of Shakespeare's works, and also the shortest. It comes in at around 200 pages (the "To Melt Ice" monologue takes around 166 pages)
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