{"id":5702,"date":"2025-05-15T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:04:32","slug":"aita-classical-literature-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2025\/05\/aita-classical-literature-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"AITA: Classical Literature Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to Guess the AITA!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

The principle is very simple: the plots of various English novels and plays have been turned into AITA posts. What is AITA, you may ask? AITA, or Am I The Asshole, is a Reddit online community where people can come and ask if what they did is wrong. The other members of the community then judge them and either decide they are not the asshole (NTA), the opposite \u201cyou\u2019re the asshole\u201d (YTA) or \u201ceveryone sucks here\u201d (ESH). Now, this game reimagines classic English stories into this format, and your task is to figure out which ones are featured here. Ready? Set\u2026 Go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also: warning for spoilers ahead!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

1. AITA after upsetting my uncle<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

skull-holder <\/strong>posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My father, H, died recently. My uncle, C, took the throne and married my widowed mother, which I find despicable, especially so soon after the funerals. I also believe he murdered my father. In order to find proof, I pretended to be mad. Later, two of my friends, whom I suspect to have become spies for my uncle, mentioned a theater group coming to the palace. It inspired me to commission a play reenacting the murder of my father. My uncle immediately ran off after witnessing it, so he\u2019s clearly guilty. However, my mother got mad at me for upsetting my uncle. We got in a fight; I ended up killing the king\u2019s counselor who was hiding behind a curtain and trying to protect her. I am starting to doubt my plans and desire for vengeance, so I am asking here if I am the a-hole in this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thatannoyingpeasant<\/strong>: NTA. Justice needs to be served! Death to the King!!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illuminations808<\/strong>: I feel like ESH to some level. Your family is all kinds of messed up. You should leave for a while to cool your head and think your ideas through without being in the middle of all the drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

2. AITA for refusing to marry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somebodytolove! <\/strong>posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met Mr. F.D at a ball some time ago. I find him quite snobbish and mean, but I try to keep everything civil between us, even if he has wronged another good man I know, Mr. G.W. Mr. F.D was friends with Mr. C.B, who was supposed to marry my sister. But after C.B went on a business trip with his sisters and F.D, my sister received a letter saying that C.B will not return to our hometown and that he is going to marry someone else. This crushed my sister, and I have strong suspicions that F.D and one of C.B\u2019s sisters have pushed him to cancel the wedding. Later, F.D came to visit and proposed to me. I immediately refused, calling him rude and a bad person for contributing to the cancellation of my sister\u2019s wedding and ruining G.W. He left, but the next day, he gave me a letter explaining his point of view. So now I am doubting myself and my judgment. AITA?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

silkyrobes<\/strong>: NTA. It is completely fine to refuse a wedding proposal, especially if you don\u2019t get along with F.D. It would be a recipe for disaster if you did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catlover4<\/strong>: After reading your updates in the comments, I\u2019d say everyone kinda suck here. For you personally, it seems you’ve had biases and prejudices that altered your judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

3. I do not like the holidays, and I wonder if it makes me an a-hole.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justanoldhardworkingguy<\/strong> posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not like Christmas. People stop working at that time and still expect to get paid. I was asked to donate to the poor to make them \u201cmerry\u201d when we have structures for them working just fine. It is also during Christmas Eve that my coworker died, bringing unpleasant memories. But lately, I\u2019ve been seeing ghosts? First, my dead coworker warned me to talk to people and share time with them. Then the ghost of an old man showed me my early life, like my childhood and the first time I worked. After that, a fat ghost let me hear people I know who still wish me Merry Christmas while I wasn\u2019t there, and a ghost in black clothes showed me what would happen after I die if I kept my current attitude. I\u2019m starting to wonder if I am the bad person here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isthatthegrimreaper?!?!?!<\/strong>: NTA for disliking the holidays but YTA for not donating. Helping your community, especially the less fortunate, is always a good thing to do. It strengthens the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

4. I got upset at my wife, AITA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oneguyfromvenice<\/strong> posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I recently married my wife. My lieutenant, C, recently attacked and injured two men while drunk. I had to remove his title. Ever since that incident, he has tried to win back his position, and he\u2019s been using my wife to get in my good graces. My friend IA even fears something is going on between them. I never had doubts about my wife being unfaithful; she\u2019s always been a great, loyal woman. But IA has noticed C using D\u2019s handkerchief that I gifted to her in our early days. Enraged, I confronted her. I first asked her to hand me the handkerchief. But she couldn\u2019t find it. It set me off badly that she gave away my gift, which belonged to my mother. I yelled at her and stormed off. I do feel bad about my actions, wondering if I made a mistake and the situation isn\u2019t what it seemed like. AITA?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User10297<\/strong>: NTA. You REALLY should listen to your pal IA; he seems to have a good head on his shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User4778<\/strong>: You\u2019re not the A, and IA did bring really strong evidence that your wife is cheating. I\u2019d listen to that guy carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

5. AITA for not liking someone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matchmaking101<\/strong> posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I met Miss J.F, a young orphan woman. I do not like her cold attitude and I have suspicions that she has a relationship with Mr. D, my friend\u2019s husband. My suspicions grew when a mysterious admirer gifted J.F a piano, and she later received letters from an anonymous person that might be Mr. D. But my brother-in-law, Mr. J.K, is defending her, saying I should help her not become a governess because of her poverty. He also affirms J.F is interested in someone else, not Mr. D. Things escalated during a picnic, where Mr. J.K called me out for being mean not only to J.F but her family too, especially Miss. B. I feel conflicted and guilty, wondering if I am the A and what to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ilovemydog<\/strong>: YTA. J.F didn\u2019t harm you directly, right? And you only have suspicions about this love affair, not solid proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check-my-music-out<\/strong>: Based on your replies in the comments: yeah, you\u2019re kind of TA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

6. AITA for running away from my wedding?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

idonotlikemycousins<\/strong> posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worked at Mr. E.R residence for a while as a governess teaching Miss A.V, E. R\u2019s ward. I\u2019ve slowly fallen in love with him, despite the mysteries surrounding him. However, I\u2019ve kept this a secret. Then one day, E.R proposed to me, turning down an extremely beautiful socialite for me. I accepted his proposal. But at our wedding ceremony, his biggest secret came to light: E.R was already married to B.M, a woman from Jamaica. B. M\u2019s brother is the one who came forward about this secret, forcing E.R to show everyone he has been hiding B.M on the third floor of his house. Horrified, I ran away. Now, I still have feelings for E.R. But I am extremely shocked about what happened that day, and I don\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User09780<\/strong>: NTA, he hid an entire FIRST WIFE in his house! How can you still go along with the wedding in that case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

7. Am I the A for wanting to burn down my husband\u2019s house?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband has put me through a lot. Our marriage started great, but he quickly grew cold and distant. He clearly despised the people attending to me, like my nurse C, yet I heard him sleep with one of them. Then he started using the wrong name to call me and forced me to leave Jamaica. In the end, he locked me up in one of his mansions for God knows how long, and I don\u2019t even know where I am. Lately, I\u2019ve been dreaming of setting the house on fire when I sleep. I feel more and more tempted to make that dream a reality\u2026 but would that make the A?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are too early for comments, check later!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Hamlet<\/em> by Shakespeare<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Pride and Prejudice<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. A Christmas Carol<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Othello<\/em> by Shakespeare<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Jane Eyre<\/em> by Charlotte Bront\u00eb<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Wide Sargasso Sea<\/em> by Jean Rhys<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Welcome to Guess the AITA! The principle is very simple: the plots of various English novels and plays have been turned into AITA posts. What is AITA, you may ask? AITA, or Am I The Asshole, is a Reddit online community where people can come and ask if what they did is wrong. The other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002877,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[70],"class_list":{"0":"post-5702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-2025-spring","7":"tag-special-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5702"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5794,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions\/5794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}