Friday, December 19, 2014

Three Sons

How do the three sons of Hamlet (Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet) seek revenge to varying degrees of success?


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A Hamlet Carol

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio,/Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
                           -William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1.5.187-188

How do Dickens and Shakespeare use supernatural forces to influence the characters and central ideas of their works A Christmas Carol and Hamlet?


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Monday, December 15, 2014

Off The Rails?

Is Hamlet actually crazy or acting crazy?

(use a quote from the play to support your answer)
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Friday, December 12, 2014

"To Be...

...or not to be"

(maybe the best performance of the famous speech found at the link below)

Link

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Monday, December 1, 2014

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Chapter Three

[Read from the paragraph that begins with "Be that as it may" to the end]
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