Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'
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I always assumed that she put Claudius up to it.
See, most of the readings/interpretations I've seen was that she didn't. She didn't know the extent of Claudius' ambition, which is why she's so horror-struck when forced to compare Old Hamlet and Claudius and so willing to comply with Hamlet's demands in the closet scene.
But -- not an expert.
Pfft. You, too, have the spicy Shakespeare brains.
You, too, have the spicy Shakespeare brains.
Like, habañero spicy.
Pfft. You, too, have the spicy Shakespeare brains.
I only throw out suppositions and wait for Those More Learned Than I to come along and knock 'em down or wave them high.
Or -- it could have been a lucky guess on my part, w/r/t Elizabethan slang and the close textual reading of Hamlet. Wev.
See, most of the readings/interpretations I've seen was that she didn't. She didn't know the extent of Claudius' ambition, which is why she's so horror-struck when forced to compare Old Hamlet and Claudius and so willing to comply with Hamlet's demands in the closet scene.
This is along the lines to what I have always thought.
Wev.
Heh.
This is along the lines to what I have always thought.
Me, too, but what if she actually is more conniving than thou? And what does that mean for her taking the drink at the end? Is she being oblivious, or is she shielding her son? And if the latter, why now? Why didn't she put him on the throne in the first place? We're not looking at a Henry VI thing where Hamlet's too young to take the throne, and he's clearly not incompetent, so if Gertrude was complicit, what are her motives?
These are things I like to think about. And then put on stage, if I had the actors and the space and the money.
Great thoughts, juliana. I think I need to reread the play thinking about these things.
And then put on stage, if I had the actors and the space and the money.
this is always the case.
I think I need to reread the play thinking about these things.
I just got done reading the Arden of the 2nd Quarto, and then Sons Of Anarchy made me thought about this, and I'm thinking ".... I need to re-read. Shit." I think I need to pick up a non-annotated script, just for the re-read.
Is Sons of Anarchy based on Hamlet?
I just found out our new manager is from Dallas. I filled him in on the ravely reviewed Tommy he's missing.
Just got back from Costco, and who was sitting out front with her husband and kiddo, chowing down on $1.50 hot dogs with the rest of us? Nicole Sullivan. [link] Cool.
Nicole Sullivan.
Did you recognize her face first, or her voice?