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Consider Einstein. Don't you have to be a little "mad" in...
Discussion post added by sullymonster in Literature 101.
I do agree that madness and 'great wits' are very close. Those who...
Discussion post added by cmcqueeney in Literature 101.
No - I don't believe he deserves to die. As a character, he is...
Discussion post added by cmcqueeney in Literature 101.
Polonius, Polonius, Polonius...what to do about Polonius?!? I have to...
Discussion post added by malibrarian in Literature 101.
It is true that many lives would have been spared had Hamlet just killed...
Discussion post added by malibrarian in Literature 101.
I'm not sure if I agree with Hamlet being a "coward" - I think...
Discussion post added by malibrarian in Literature 101.
Very interesting...I have always heard that there is an extremely fine...
Discussion post added by amy-lepore in Literature 101.
It is obvious that everyone is uncomfortable...especially Claudius and...
Discussion post added by amy-lepore in Literature 101.
In reply to #2: I agree, Amy. Ophelia has much more...
Discussion post added by jamie-wheeler in Literature 101.
Ophelia hints that she has been a maid and has been ruined--"the up...
Discussion post added by amy-lepore in Literature 101.
Hers is not feigned, for one. Hamlet pretends to be mad much of the...
Discussion post added by amy-lepore in Literature 101.
They do appear to have a close relationship throughout the play--perhaps...
Discussion post added by amy-lepore in Literature 101.
In reply to #2: I like the "buying time" premise, but not...
Discussion post added by jamie-wheeler in Literature 101.
I adore the way wrote it and agree with him wholeheartedly! I think this...
Discussion post added by clane in Literature 101.
No. Quite the contrary, I think, he plays much the coward throughout the...
Discussion post added by clane in Literature 101.
I don't know if it's as strong as a god-complex, but he certainly...
Discussion post added by clane in Literature 101.
Hamlet has yet to fulfill his mission and he knows that people already...
Discussion post added by clane in Literature 101.
Deserve? No, not deserve, but I don't think the audience is mourning his...
Discussion post added by clane in Literature 101.
Laertes as Translator of Grief
Topic created by jamie-wheeler in Literature 101.
Topic created by jamie-wheeler in Literature 101.
