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i am not sure of many things, but there's one thing i know with the utmost certainty and it's that hamlet and horatio explored each other's bodies. multiple times.
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Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-directs a brillant ensemble performance. Three generations of legendary leading actors, many of whom first assembled for the Oscar-winning film "Henry V", gather here to perform the rarely heard complete version of the play. This clear, subtly nuanced, stunning dramatization, presented by The Renaissance Theatre Company in association with "Bbc" Broadcasting, features such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson and Christopher Ravenscroft. It combines a full cast with stirring music and sound effects to bring this magnificent Shakespearen classic vividly to life. Revealing new riches with each listening, this production of "Hamlet" is an invaluable aid for students, teachers and all true lovers of Shakespeare - a recording to be treasured for decades to come.
289 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1601
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289 pages, Paperback
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December 19, 2005 by Cambridge University Press
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9780521618748
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0521618746
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English
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Horatio
Horatio is a character in William Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet.He was present on the field when King Hamlet (the father of the main character, Prince Hamlet) defeated Fortinbras (the king of Norway), and he has travelled to court from the University ...
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Polonius
Polonius is a character in William Shakespeares play Hamlet. He is chief counsellor of the plays ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course of the p...
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Laertes
Laertes is a character in William Shakespeares play Hamlet. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which h...
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Gertrude
In William Shakespeares play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlets mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her marrying her husbands brother Claudius after he murdered the king (young Hamle...
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".
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" ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاء الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُواْ أَمْرَهُم وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ "
هاملت العزيز ، الذكي، الشجاع ، الجسور ، الحنون ، الغيور
حسناً ، أنا أحسد هاملت ، نعم ، أحسده من أعماق قلبي لانه لم يتورع ، لم يتأخر ولم يتنازل عن الأخذ بالثأر ، عن الانتقام لمن سرق منه احبائه ، لمن سلبه حقه في الاحساس بالحب والأمان .
صدّق شبحه ، ذاك الزائر العجيب ، ومشى ورائه ولكن بكل رزانة وخبث
" مجنون ، جنون البحر والريح حين يصطرعان ،
ليثبتا أيهما أشد بأساً "
مجنون ، وصف نعت به ولم ينكره بل حاول جاهداً التشبث به لينفذ خطته بدقة وحرص ويتمكن من فك أسر الحقيقة وإطلاق سراحها للعلن دون الخوف من عواقبها الأكيدة الحدوث.
أحسده ، على سيفه المسلول الذي أغمده في عمق المكر والخيانة في حين اني لم أمتلك ولو حتى سكيناً واحداً اتمكن فيه من تسديد ولو بضعة طعنات إلى ذلك الزاحف الأسود فيرتد على عقبيه . ويتركني وشأني ولو قليلاً ، بل بالعكس، أظهر نفسه امامي بكل وقاحة و أضحى يمشي ، متبختراً بنفسه ، بالإنجاز الذي كان يسحقني فيه كل دقيقة ، شامتاً مني ، بعجزي عن إدراكه وإيقافه .
مهما امتلكنا ، فليست كل الحروب نستطيع الفوز بها ، ولا كل الأعداء مرئيين ، ولا كل الأصدقاء .. أوفياء
هو انتصر ، اما انا ، فخسرت ، غابت شمسي ، وتكسرت اجنحتي ، واظلم عمري ، واصبحت ُ فتاةً من ورق هشة تخشى اي شيء ، كل شيء
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" إن رغباتنا كثيراً ما تتعارض وحظوظنا ،
فيفسد كل تدبير دبرناه وكل عزم اعتزمناه ،
واذا كانت أفكارنا من صنعنا فإن مصيرها ليس بأيدينا"
كنت قد بدأت لوم نفسي على تأخري في قراءة هاملت حتى الآن .
ولكن بعد انتهائي منها اكتشفت بأنني قرأتها في الوقت الصحيح تماماً من حياتي ، ولو اني قرائتها قبلاً لما وصلتني مشاعرها بهذا الصدق و الواقعية
لكن ، صحيح تماماً ، الكتب الكلاسيكية له توقيت محدد تدخل فيه حياتك ، وهي من تقرره وليس نحن
هاملت العزيز ، الذكي، الشجاع ، الجسور ، الحنون ، الغيور
حسناً ، أنا أحسد هاملت ، نعم ، أحسده من أعماق قلبي لانه لم يتورع ، لم يتأخر ولم يتنازل عن الأخذ بالثأر ، عن الانتقام لمن سرق منه احبائه ، لمن سلبه حقه في الاحساس بالحب والأمان .
صدّق شبحه ، ذاك الزائر العجيب ، ومشى ورائه ولكن بكل رزانة وخبث
" مجنون ، جنون البحر والريح حين يصطرعان ،
ليثبتا أيهما أشد بأساً "
مجنون ، وصف نعت به ولم ينكره بل حاول جاهداً التشبث به لينفذ خطته بدقة وحرص ويتمكن من فك أسر الحقيقة وإطلاق سراحها للعلن دون الخوف من عواقبها الأكيدة الحدوث.
أحسده ، على سيفه المسلول الذي أغمده في عمق المكر والخيانة في حين اني لم أمتلك ولو حتى سكيناً واحداً اتمكن فيه من تسديد ولو بضعة طعنات إلى ذلك الزاحف الأسود فيرتد على عقبيه . ويتركني وشأني ولو قليلاً ، بل بالعكس، أظهر نفسه امامي بكل وقاحة و أضحى يمشي ، متبختراً بنفسه ، بالإنجاز الذي كان يسحقني فيه كل دقيقة ، شامتاً مني ، بعجزي عن إدراكه وإيقافه .
مهما امتلكنا ، فليست كل الحروب نستطيع الفوز بها ، ولا كل الأعداء مرئيين ، ولا كل الأصدقاء .. أوفياء
هو انتصر ، اما انا ، فخسرت ، غابت شمسي ، وتكسرت اجنحتي ، واظلم عمري ، واصبحت ُ فتاةً من ورق هشة تخشى اي شيء ، كل شيء
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" إن رغباتنا كثيراً ما تتعارض وحظوظنا ،
فيفسد كل تدبير دبرناه وكل عزم اعتزمناه ،
واذا كانت أفكارنا من صنعنا فإن مصيرها ليس بأيدينا"
كنت قد بدأت لوم نفسي على تأخري في قراءة هاملت حتى الآن .
ولكن بعد انتهائي منها اكتشفت بأنني قرأتها في الوقت الصحيح تماماً من حياتي ، ولو اني قرائتها قبلاً لما وصلتني مشاعرها بهذا الصدق و الواقعية
لكن ، صحيح تماماً ، الكتب الكلاسيكية له توقيت محدد تدخل فيه حياتك ، وهي من تقرره وليس نحن
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What’s the question?
“To be, or not to be: that is the question”
Shakespeare’s most famous play? Maybe. And that quote may be his most recognizable, certainly one of the most memorable. The tragedy of the Danish prince, his revenge, the introspection and self doubt that shaped his actions, and the tragic events described in some of Shakespeare’s most provocative language is mesmerizing.
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
Borrowing from ancient legends, Shakespeare’s tragedy draws on complicated human emotions. Themes of death, loss, justice and destiny abound in a play that may be characterized by its somber, dark subject.
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Perhaps his most psychologically compelling drama, analysis of Hamlet has fueled debates, challenged students and inspired countless writings since. “The character of Hamlet played a critical role in Freud's explanation of the Oedipus complex and thus influenced modern psychology” – Wikipedia.
“When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide;
And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up:
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes;
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element: but long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull’d the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death.”
Interestingly, for such a depressingly emotional action, Ophelia’s character and her role in the narrative do much to anchor the mood and sets a tone from which the play never rises.
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ”
“To be, or not to be: that is the question”
Shakespeare’s most famous play? Maybe. And that quote may be his most recognizable, certainly one of the most memorable. The tragedy of the Danish prince, his revenge, the introspection and self doubt that shaped his actions, and the tragic events described in some of Shakespeare’s most provocative language is mesmerizing.
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
Borrowing from ancient legends, Shakespeare’s tragedy draws on complicated human emotions. Themes of death, loss, justice and destiny abound in a play that may be characterized by its somber, dark subject.
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Perhaps his most psychologically compelling drama, analysis of Hamlet has fueled debates, challenged students and inspired countless writings since. “The character of Hamlet played a critical role in Freud's explanation of the Oedipus complex and thus influenced modern psychology” – Wikipedia.
“When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide;
And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up:
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes;
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element: but long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull’d the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death.”
Interestingly, for such a depressingly emotional action, Ophelia’s character and her role in the narrative do much to anchor the mood and sets a tone from which the play never rises.
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ”
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"Para definir la locura, ¿no tendría uno que estar loco?"
Una maravilla! No puedo explicar lo mucho que me gusto este libro. Quedé enamorada de la escritura. Era una delicia leerlo.
A Shakespeare le encantaba el drama eso queda reflejado en cada libro suyo. Pero tenía un don para la escritura que pocos tienen.
Leyendo en mi tablet quedó con un monton de citas marcadas. La verdad una obra de arte!
Incluso me gustó mucho mas que Romeo & Julieta.
"Hamlet refleja la incapacidad de actuar ante el dilema moral entre venganza y perdón"
"La lección de la locura: ajusta el pensamiento y el recuerdo"
"La culpa no sabe fingir su recelo y al fin se traiciona queriendo esconderlo".
Una maravilla! No puedo explicar lo mucho que me gusto este libro. Quedé enamorada de la escritura. Era una delicia leerlo.
A Shakespeare le encantaba el drama eso queda reflejado en cada libro suyo. Pero tenía un don para la escritura que pocos tienen.
Leyendo en mi tablet quedó con un monton de citas marcadas. La verdad una obra de arte!
Incluso me gustó mucho mas que Romeo & Julieta.
"Hamlet refleja la incapacidad de actuar ante el dilema moral entre venganza y perdón"
"La lección de la locura: ajusta el pensamiento y el recuerdo"
"La culpa no sabe fingir su recelo y al fin se traiciona queriendo esconderlo".
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Oh, how much ink has spilled on this excellent Shakespeare work and how many tears will have shedding for it, I dare not imagine.
Also, I will not pretend to do a review that you would not have read probably dozens of times or even bring new elements you would not already know but only know this piece. Admittedly, this is a tragedy (therefore, as the name suggests, nothing very encouraging), but what poetry in these verses, what beauty in this bittersweet madness the Prince of Denmark believes he has reached, the young Hamlet.
Is he mad? I don't think so. He saw a specter, that of his father murdered by his uncle but who never felt the presence by his side of a loved one who had recently disappeared, and what is more, in more than questionable conditions. I cannot say that I have never experienced this feeling or at least wanted to believe it. The specter, therefore, reveals to his son how his brother did it to assassinate him and demand revenge!
So Hamlet's mind is tortured, it is true, but who wouldn't be after such a revelation? So what does he have to do? Take the sword and spill the blood again? For his part, the King, Claudius, sensing the danger, does everything to remove Hamlet from the kingdom of Denmark to preserve his place on the throne.
Hamlet, therefore, finds himself alone in the face of his fate because, although the presence of this specter at the castle has been revealed to him by three guards and by his friend Horatio, on whom else can he count? Who will believe it? He will take for granted, which will well arrange the affairs of his uncle or others who would be just as greedy for power as he and who have dedicated their cause to Claudius. Because, as everyone knows, the Prime Minister (to name nothing but him) must be faithful to the one he serves and devote his most remarkable devotion to him.
I will not say more about the plot because I think once again that I will only repeat what has already been said many and many times, but I insist on the point that this work, although 'this is a drama in which a lot of blood will flow, is a thing of beauty. To read and reread without fail!
Also, I will not pretend to do a review that you would not have read probably dozens of times or even bring new elements you would not already know but only know this piece. Admittedly, this is a tragedy (therefore, as the name suggests, nothing very encouraging), but what poetry in these verses, what beauty in this bittersweet madness the Prince of Denmark believes he has reached, the young Hamlet.
Is he mad? I don't think so. He saw a specter, that of his father murdered by his uncle but who never felt the presence by his side of a loved one who had recently disappeared, and what is more, in more than questionable conditions. I cannot say that I have never experienced this feeling or at least wanted to believe it. The specter, therefore, reveals to his son how his brother did it to assassinate him and demand revenge!
So Hamlet's mind is tortured, it is true, but who wouldn't be after such a revelation? So what does he have to do? Take the sword and spill the blood again? For his part, the King, Claudius, sensing the danger, does everything to remove Hamlet from the kingdom of Denmark to preserve his place on the throne.
Hamlet, therefore, finds himself alone in the face of his fate because, although the presence of this specter at the castle has been revealed to him by three guards and by his friend Horatio, on whom else can he count? Who will believe it? He will take for granted, which will well arrange the affairs of his uncle or others who would be just as greedy for power as he and who have dedicated their cause to Claudius. Because, as everyone knows, the Prime Minister (to name nothing but him) must be faithful to the one he serves and devote his most remarkable devotion to him.
I will not say more about the plot because I think once again that I will only repeat what has already been said many and many times, but I insist on the point that this work, although 'this is a drama in which a lot of blood will flow, is a thing of beauty. To read and reread without fail!
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According to reports, Gillian Flynn is set to release a retelling of Hamlet as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project in 2021, so this felt like the right time to reread this delightful Shakespeare play. Enjoyed all over again!
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shakespeare when pitching this play, probably: this is my OC hamlet. hes a prince. hes bisexual. hes moody, brooding, and is anywhere between the ages of 16 to 30 years old. and no, i am not taking constructive criticism.
well, let me tell you what. im sold! i love hamlet. i love his angsty monologues. i love his sassy remarks. i love that he cant seem to shut up. i love his relationship with horatio. i love everything about him avoiding osric and his hat. i love that hes OTT and i seriously cant get enough.
also, for those of you who have read this, watch this. its great.
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well, let me tell you what. im sold! i love hamlet. i love his angsty monologues. i love his sassy remarks. i love that he cant seem to shut up. i love his relationship with horatio. i love everything about him avoiding osric and his hat. i love that hes OTT and i seriously cant get enough.
also, for those of you who have read this, watch this. its great.
↠ 4.5 stars
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