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On 12/12/06 10:10, "Penny McCarthy" <penmc@BTCONNECT.COM> wrote:
> Just to confuse Charles further, I recommend reading James Hirsh, Shakespeare
> and the History of Soliloquies¹ (AUP 2003), in which it is argued that
> soliloquies¹, talking as though in a thought-bubble to oneself, was not an
> available concept at the time; and that Hamlet is speaking to be heard by the
> King and Polonius in hiding. He wants them to think he is contemplating
> suicide. Not all these interpretations are compatible, it¹s true but it¹s
> worth trying to believe a few of them before breakfast; and maybe not deciding
> on the preferred one before elevenses. (Good heavens! My word processor has
> never heard of elevenses.)
>
> Best wishes, Penny.
>
>
> Penny: to further confound us, we have the Q1 version of Hamlet:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:To_be_or_not_to_be_%28Q1%29.jpg
³To be or not to be, I [aye] there¹s the point
³To die to fleepe, is that all? I [aye] all
²No to fleepe, to dreame, I [aye] mary there it goes
³For in that dreame of death, when we awake
³And borne before an everlafting Iudge ...²
Charles: worth knowing the history/controversy/texts of the Q1, Q2 and Folio
variants before making firm interpretations.
Part of Frank Shaw¹s proof that Hamlet¹s setting was Irish-Danish: ³And now
I¹ll do it PAT while he¹s praying.²
Stan Kelly-Bootle
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> Just to confuse Charles further, I recommend reading James Hirsh, Shakespeare
> and the History of Soliloquies¹ (AUP 2003), in which it is argued that
> soliloquies¹, talking as though in a thought-bubble to oneself, was not an
> available concept at the time; and that Hamlet is speaking to be heard by the
> King and Polonius in hiding. He wants them to think he is contemplating
> suicide. Not all these interpretations are compatible, it¹s true but it¹s
> worth trying to believe a few of them before breakfast; and maybe not deciding
> on the preferred one before elevenses. (Good heavens! My word processor has
> never heard of elevenses.)
>
> Best wishes, Penny.
>
>
> Penny: to further confound us, we have the Q1 version of Hamlet:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:To_be_or_not_to_be_%28Q1%29.jpg
³To be or not to be, I [aye] there¹s the point
³To die to fleepe, is that all? I [aye] all
²No to fleepe, to dreame, I [aye] mary there it goes
³For in that dreame of death, when we awake
³And borne before an everlafting Iudge ...²
Charles: worth knowing the history/controversy/texts of the Q1, Q2 and Folio
variants before making firm interpretations.
Part of Frank Shaw¹s proof that Hamlet¹s setting was Irish-Danish: ³And now
I¹ll do it PAT while he¹s praying.²
Stan Kelly-Bootle
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