Overview
Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why?Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: “Take thee to a nunnery!” [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel]“There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence.” —King Claudius“Why does Hamlet attend the German university at Wittenberg? Why study at a university at all? An incorrigible symbolist, Shakespeare must secretly import what he does not openly impart.”Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would “cut [Hamlet’s] throat i’ the church”!Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Dr. Freud in Vienna. Twice he employs it to give us hints.Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: “What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? ... Alas, he’s mad!”“Prince Hamlet is a disillusioned idealist, a vital key to his generous, passionate, and tragically conscientious character.”Camelot—“Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table.”
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Author: Myron Stagman
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.20cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9781443823876
ISBN 10: 1443823872
Pages: 195
Publication Date: 10 September 2010
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Format: Paperback
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""Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: ""Take thee to a nunnery!"" [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] ""There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence."" - King Claudius Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would ""cut [Hamlet's] throat i' the church""! Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: ""What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me?... Alas, he's mad!"" Camelot - ""Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table.""
Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: Take thee to a nunnery! [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence. - King Claudius Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would cut [Hamlet's] throat i' the church ! Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me?... Alas, he's mad! Camelot - Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table.
Author Information
Dr. Myron Stagman is a Shakespearean and Classical research scholar who is keen on solving literary and historical mysteries.
