2) R&G definitely make love to their employ - they are puppets of Claudius and his police state. (OK, so I read Kott at an impressionable age. Wanna make something of it?) Furthermore Stoppard made evryone sorry for them, but they really are feeble and very ready to betray their childhood friend to Claudius.
6) Hamlet killed Polonius thinking he was a spy - which he was. The version he gives Laertes saves the boy from learning what a manipulative shit and toady his father was.
1) He's not boring for Denmark, he's explaining to Horatio that he's finally ready for whatever comes. Necessary to show he's given up the whole delaying thing.
7) Corpses everywhere demonstrate that this is Serious Biz. Hamlet is only directly responsible for one of them, anyway. And I tend to take F1 as the final word on quite a lot of stuff. I know Q2 is more fashionable these days.
8) Who is actually left to take on the job, especially with a Norwegian army at the gate. He's dying and has to be a realist - at least this way he can ensure a peaceful hand-over of power.
Hamlet's the hottest, sexiest hero Shakespeare wrote, and you are neglecting the female viewpoint if you dismiss him so readily. Anti-feminist, you might even say. :-))
I love the lay, the way it gets students arguing. I did it with my A2 group last year and had a lot of fun. But I miss teaching
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Date: 2009-11-03 12:41 am (UTC)2) R&G definitely make love to their employ - they are puppets of Claudius and his police state. (OK, so I read Kott at an impressionable age. Wanna make something of it?) Furthermore Stoppard made evryone sorry for them, but they really are feeble and very ready to betray their childhood friend to Claudius.
6) Hamlet killed Polonius thinking he was a spy - which he was. The version he gives Laertes saves the boy from learning what a manipulative shit and toady his father was.
1) He's not boring for Denmark, he's explaining to Horatio that he's finally ready for whatever comes. Necessary to show he's given up the whole delaying thing.
7) Corpses everywhere demonstrate that this is Serious Biz. Hamlet is only directly responsible for one of them, anyway. And I tend to take F1 as the final word on quite a lot of stuff. I know Q2 is more fashionable these days.
8) Who is actually left to take on the job, especially with a Norwegian army at the gate. He's dying and has to be a realist - at least this way he can ensure a peaceful hand-over of power.
Hamlet's the hottest, sexiest hero Shakespeare wrote, and you are neglecting the female viewpoint if you dismiss him so readily. Anti-feminist, you might even say. :-))
I love the lay, the way it gets students arguing. I did it with my A2 group last year and had a lot of fun. But I miss teaching