August 2011
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Hamlet's Gaelic and nautical roots may provide new... →
Scholars have long agreed that William Shakespeare based his Hamlet on Amlethus, a legendary figure found in the “History of the Danes,” a saga written around 1200. The name Amlethus was then traced back to the word Amlothi, which appears in a 10th- or 11th-century poem by the Icelandic poet Snow Bear. But according to Lisa Collinson, of the Centre for Scandinavian Studies at the...
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How old is Hamlet? →
ohhhvienna: 30 or 16?
Aug 9th
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onesugarandmilk: In all honesty, why didn’t Laertes ask Gertrude how she knew so much about Ophelia’s death?  He just accepted that she saw his sister drowning and did nothing to help her, and then came out with a terrifically rehearsed speech about Ophelia thinking she was a fish and drowning.  Claudius I can understand, because he was a murdering incestuous bastard who cared for no one but...
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A Review Of Tony Howard's "Women As Hamlet"
fuckyeahqueershakespeare: Submitted by singfurimmer. I found Susan Bennett’s review of Tony Howard’s book Women As Hamlet: Performance And Interpretation In Theatre, Film, And Fiction. I’m curious about this book myself, and this review was very helpful. I would link to it, but it’s a PDF. So here is the whole text: “Tony Howard’s lively and informative study draws our attention to the...
Aug 6th
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Pig Latin Hamlet
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Hamlet: Tricky Words from Shakespeare Deck 1 →
rowchygogo: Reading Shakespeare’s plays are an earnest and rewarding assignment. Every student is painfully aware of how much the English language has changed since they were written in the Elizabethan era. This deck features terms from Hamlet that are delightful to say and important to know. my fave: 23. contagious blastment  = plague 41. hugger-mugger secret urgency
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