tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074493786589939423.post419772920657110454..comments2023-10-09T06:00:14.080-04:00Comments on The List!: School Book: HamletShaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483684096890660524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074493786589939423.post-37062582545896228162008-10-15T20:35:00.000-04:002008-10-15T20:35:00.000-04:00Just dropped by in a random (next blog) search...R...Just dropped by in a random (next blog) search...<BR/><BR/>Read your thoughts on Hamlet, which I also did in year 13 but that was a long time ago.<BR/><BR/>If you have ever heard of "Bowdler" then the next part might make some sense.<BR/><BR/>Shakespear was not above adding a bit of comic relief to his tragedies. There are any number of examples. In Hamlet, part of the "tragedy" is that Hamlet is excluded from his Uncle's (the murderer) approval. That disapproval comes from (one very short) speech by the king after Hamlet's return (from university?). The comedy (and the illustration of the cause of the disapproval) come in the form of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.<BR/><BR/>The trick is to work out what Shakespear might have named them before Bowdler "cleaned up the script". That will give a clue to the reason for the king's disapproval. Not to say, of course, that the king was <B>right</B>. It also explains the comic relief.The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com