OMG, I can't believe people are still reading Hamlet

WildEyedLiberal

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Thu May-11-06 10:07 PM
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OMG, I can't believe people are still reading Hamlet

Courtesy of Married to the Sea

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Aristus

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Thu May-11-06 10:11 PM
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1. The existence of several quarto editions of "Hamlet", published

before the First Folio of 1623, and containing variations in text, has led some scholars to believe that "Hamlet" was actually written and re-written several times both before and after its debut performance. No one seriously believes that Shakespeare wrote the longest play in the English language in just a couple of weeks.

Funny post, though. B-)

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GRLMGC

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Thu May-11-06 11:12 PM
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2. Hamlet tortures me nt

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WildEyedLiberal

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Fri May-12-06 01:49 AM
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3. Kick...

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mwooldri

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Fri May-12-06 01:54 AM
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4. Reading Hamlet? I thought people SMOKED them.

Hamet. The mild cigar, apparently.

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tjwmason

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Fri May-12-06 05:31 AM
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7. To the faint tones of Bach's Air on a G-string, of course.

The only problem with the demise of tobacco advertising on television was the loss of those adverts. :eyes:

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AlienGirl

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Fri May-12-06 02:15 AM
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5. Can I end all my troubles with a bare bodkin?

Where does one find a bodkin nowadays, anyhow? :shrug:

Tucker

(p.s. yeah I really do know what a bodkin is, I'm just being funny)

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri May-12-06 02:52 AM
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6. If you know what a bodkin is

then what would fardels bear? :shrug:

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Mutley

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Fri May-12-06 05:33 AM
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8. I like Hamlet.

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri May-12-06 06:20 AM
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9. I do, too. One of the most famous, with good reason, and most often quoted

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Hamlet, 1. 3

Rhiannon:hi:

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Mutley

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Fri May-12-06 06:31 AM
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10. I know people who hate Shakespeare just because he's so widely

known, widely taught, widely written about. I always say it's for good reason that Shakespeare is so popular, even 500 years later. :hi:

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri May-12-06 06:47 AM
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11. I agree. Shakespeare is amazing, contains a wealth of

stories, life lessons and such wonderful words. There's something there for everybody.:-)

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Hamlet, 1. 5

Rhiannon:D:hi:

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Mutley

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Fri May-12-06 07:07 AM
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13. Heehee, I forgot about that quote.

And I just used it on another message board. :P

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri May-12-06 07:26 AM
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14. Great, LOL! Glad you could use it!

Hamlet has to be one of the most quotable of Shakespeare's plays. The only one that I can think of that's more quotable is probably Romeo & Juliet, but that's a subject for another thread.:D

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Mutley

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Fri May-12-06 07:27 AM
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15. Oh yes it is.

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri May-12-06 07:34 AM
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16. Nobody's arguing with you, LOL!

Edited on Fri May-12-06 07:45 AM by Rhiannon12866

More people are probably familiar with Romeo & Juliet is all I'm saying, but I agree that Hamlet is a much more interesting play.:D

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Hamlet, 2. 2

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wildhorses

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Fri May-12-06 06:59 AM
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12. I really LOVE Hamlet....If I ever write my thesis it is going to be

about the ghost in Hamlet.

"to be or NOT to be...."

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WildEyedLiberal

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Fri May-12-06 02:51 PM
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17. Hey, I like Shakespeare....

... just thought this comic was amusing. :P

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