May 28th, 2015 → 6:16 am
“[S]he’s loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes.” – Hamlet
Need I say more?
May 23rd, 2015 → 5:08 am
“Caps, hands, and tongues applaud it to the clouds.” – Hamlet
It is graduation season right now; the university I am at just had their graduation ceremony a few days ago. This quote from Hamlet literally means that caps are thrown in the air in celebration. How apt to a graduation ceremony! Congratulations to all the students out there who have worked so hard and earned their degree at last.
May 16th, 2015 → 5:37 am
“I did love you once.” – Hamlet
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m reading Hamlet right now with a discussion group. I came across the above line yesterday, which Hamlet says to Ophelia not long after his “to be or not to be” speech; he says it almost as an after-thought after some other rambling thoughts. When I read it, my heart just sank. Isn’t that one of the saddest things a man can say to a woman? Especially if you still have feelings for him? It just broke my heart. Poor Ophelia… Poor Hamlet…
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May 12th, 2015 → 5:54 am
“And finding
By this encompassment and drift of question
That they do know my son…” – Hamlet
Encompassment, apparently, means roundabout talking. I love it. I should use this word to describe how too many people I know talk! Ha ha!
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May 5th, 2015 → 5:56 am
“Art thou there, truepenny?” – Hamlet
In January I started a feature of this blog called “ShakeDic,” where I highlight interesting vocabulary words from Shakespeare’s works. It started because I led a discussion group in January for the play Othello, and in rereading the play for the first time in years, so many interesting words struck me! Alas, a glutton for punishment, the same reading group has asked me to lead a discussion of Hamlet starting this month. The first ShakeDic word from Hamlet, therefore, is truepenny, meaning, an honest and trustworthy old fellow. I sure wish there were more truepennys around these days.
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