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sirensinging 's review for:
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
This was the first Shakespeare play I've read that wasn't for school. Which means I understood very little of it, and of course, completely missed all the allusions, symbolism, double entendres, most of the imagery and whatever else it is that we analyse in class.
Still, I do like this play. It has lovely lines that I'm sure I'm missing the deeper meaning of. (My favourite, the over-quoted "Doubt thou the stars are fire/Doubt that the sun doth move/Doubt truth to be a liar/But never doubt I love.") Also, the fact that most of the main characters die within about a page of each other amuses me way more than it should. The language also mostly goes completely over my head - I think I need to hear/see it performed to actually understand more of it. Which is a very good excuse to watch the RSC version of it, which is apparently airing around Christmas.
Still, I do like this play. It has lovely lines that I'm sure I'm missing the deeper meaning of. (My favourite, the over-quoted "Doubt thou the stars are fire/Doubt that the sun doth move/Doubt truth to be a liar/But never doubt I love.") Also, the fact that most of the main characters die within about a page of each other amuses me way more than it should. The language also mostly goes completely over my head - I think I need to hear/see it performed to actually understand more of it. Which is a very good excuse to watch the RSC version of it, which is apparently airing around Christmas.