Gritty, powerful, intimidating, vulnerable, fierce, fractured, defensive, haunted.
Goneril berates her father, King Lear, for bringing raucous chaos to her home.
Calculated, manipulative, pragmatic, sharp, powerful, threatening, narcissistic.
Fierce, defiant, maternal, vulnerable, gritty, weary, survivor.
Defensive, aloof, artistic, cool, deadpan, rational, fierce, relatable.
Lawyer, intense, dramatic, intellectual, confrontational, tactical, direct.
Independent, resilient, sharp-witted, volatile, protective, authentic.
The game slows. It’s a dance. A memory, a dream, the body remembers. Muscles tense and release, bones anticipate the landing after the leap we can do this in our sleep.