Hamlet + Ophelia:
- awkward, probably sexual
- closet!
- Hamlet gave her an expensive gift of some sort Ophelia drowns herself - pregnant (period reference)
Hamlet + his Mother:
- awkward
- doesn't like her choices
- possibly incestuous
Various Hamlet movies:
- Hamlet in more modern times
- Hamlet + Gertrude's relationship emphasized
- Gay Hamlet
"Shakespeare in the Bush": Different interpretations of the text
Existentialism: men have free will; make decisions that affect their lives.
Theater of the absurd:
- extravagant humor to mask the horror of the meaninglessness
- anti-heros instead of a "great fallen man"
- meaningless setting
- confused characters
- poor/nonexistent communication
fail...sorryyy :(
ReplyDeletemaybe just look around at other class notes to refresh your memory of what we did this week?
fail, just add more and you will be great. just a little more
ReplyDeleteGood expansion/revision =)
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