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Yella

A minute ago I was thinking, "An episode of Penny Dreadful would be perfect right now." What perfect timing! I'm going to open a glass of wine now (because it's almost 8 pm here) and watch the episode. THANK YOU!

Lee

Good catch with Theatres des Vampires—the Grand Guignol namedropped here was the inspiration for the aesthetic in IWTV

Yella

The opening text of the episode is a quote from William Wordsworth's "Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood": -There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Appareled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; - Turn wheresoe er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.- Creator John Logan is obsessed with Romantic poets, and I would estimate that 80% of the writing refers to these poets and the situations they describe. Whether explicitly stated or subtly mentioned in lines like "Caliban," references to figures such as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Ibsen, John Clare (it's worth looking into Clare's story sometime), Samuel Taylor Coledridge, and others appear. It's the heart of the series and the characters. By the way, Caliban is my Pookie Bear in this show😁🥹 . And isn't Alun Armastrong adorable? A friend like that is just what you need… Regarding Viktor, it's an interesting perspective on him for me. According to the book, del Toro's Viktor is closer to the original version. Logan's character is much more subtle and better suited to a series. Basically, in my opinion, it puts the ego aside and shows the massive insecurity behind the narcissism. If this Viktor were the jerk from the book, the character wouldn't work in the long run. Percy Shelley's Adonais: I'm currently reading Adonais. I don't know what versions of it exist. But without giving away any spoilers (if you want to read it), it's about the death of John Keats. In my version, letters between Percy and John, written relatively shortly before John's death, are included. Here again, there's the reference to young Victor saying that poets always describe death as cheerful. However, when I look at this reference to Adonais, or rather the letters, it's always described from a very romanticized perspective.