Dogs
Cover Lassie's ears, because dogs are not our furry friends in Timon of Athens. In fact, they're not our friends at all. Calling someone a dog is a huge insult—just ask Apemantus. The Painter cal...
Beasts
Lions, tigers, and bears: oh my! This play is full of beasts; in fact, the word "beast" shows up in this play more than any other Shakespeare play (source).First, Apemantus notices, "[T]he strain o...
Breath
Get out your oxygen tanks, because people can't stop talking about breath in this play. That's right: the focus on breath is a little apocalyptic in Timon of Athens. Timon kicks it off by declaring...
Gold
Timon is totally a gold-digger—but not in the way that you think: Timon literally digs and finds gold in the ground.Long before our main guy strikes it lucky, it's clear that gold is important in...
Neptune's Tears
Call up Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian, because we're going under the sea for this one. After Alcibiades reads Timon's epitaph, he states: Though thou abhorredst in us our human griefs,Scornedst ou...
Fortune's Poem
He's a poet, and he knows it: in the beginning of the play, the Poet tells the Painter about the poem that he's written especially for Timon. This nifty little piece of poetry is a mini-allegory of...