everyone seems to generally accept Hamlet as being a masterpiece, but what did you take away from it? Favorite character? Best scene?
I just finished the play for the first time in a long time and I'd like to talk about it a little bit
>>9717207
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
The phrase has many implications:
>no horse should be worth more than a kingdom
>no sane king would toss his kingdom away for a horse
a lesson in hubris maybe
>what did you take away from it?
equal parts everything and nothing at all
>>9717231
that's Richard III
>>9717207
In that order:
People are cunts
Hamlet
Scene where Hamlet rewrites the letter
>>9717207
I've only read a bit. I took from it that Shakespeare is pretty good. Favourite character is Polonius. Favourite scene so far is Act two, scene two.