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chelseaclif7's review
5.0
My second favorite Shakespeare ever. The closet/bedroom scene is kinda creepy.
jopcy's review
3.0
As you can see, it’s been like three/four weeks since I started a new semester at the university and I am already filling up on classics.
I liked Hamlet much more than I expected, I’ll probably read more from [a: Shakespeare|947|William Shakespeare|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1586700347p2/947.jpg] soon.
I liked Hamlet much more than I expected, I’ll probably read more from [a: Shakespeare|947|William Shakespeare|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1586700347p2/947.jpg] soon.
teresab78's review
3.0
That was harder than I remembered. I just couldn't get into the language. However I spent a good amount of time going "that's where that quote came from!"
swagginswanigan's review
3.0
Eh. It was okay. Nothing I loved but it was bearable and pretty funny. That makes me sound sadistic but like it’s funny...
lindseyzank's review
5.0
I love Shakespeare and this is really his best play. The idea of madness is so intriguing, the play keeps you guessing until the end about who will become mad next. I particularly love the madness of Ophelia, as she maintains her beauty and innocence even through her madness and suicide.
Shakespeare's extensive use of nature language is fascinating to me because this is such a smart way to talk about things that are bad.
It was great to read this again since high school and to teach it this year.
Shakespeare's extensive use of nature language is fascinating to me because this is such a smart way to talk about things that are bad.
It was great to read this again since high school and to teach it this year.
hetauuu's review
4.0
I'm not gonna be writing really in-depth reviews for books I'm reading for class, but I do intend on writing a little bit down on all my uni reads as well. I really enjoyed reading Hamlet. Who wouldn't love reading about a grown man who has the introspective skills and emotional control of an emo teen from the MySpace era? I say that with love, of course, as Hamlet is one of the best characters I've ever read about. Oh, the melodrama, boo hoo, my mother is a whore and the female sex is wretched, my uncle is a narcissistic pig and my father's ghost is my only comfort. I rolled my eyes so much every time I saw the words "enter Hamlet", but I did it lovingly so. Then there is a villain like Claudius, so cunning and evil you can hear him tapping his fingers against each other while coming up with yet another plan to mess with his poor nephew. I was sitting out here lapping up his pure evil that was practically seeping through his skin. We've got Gertrude out here pretending to be a good and caring mom when she actually just wants validation and power. Not to mention Laertes who doesn't want Hamlet to have his sister because his creepy ass wants to have her instead. Poor Ophelia. I'd drown myself too.
I'm surprised at how quickly I managed to get the gist of reading this, considering I don't really read texts that aren't in modern English, let alone plays, which I don't enjoy reading at all. But once you get sucked into this fantastic story, you barely even notice those things. This is my first time reading Shakespeare, though I have seen adaptations of two of his plays, and it was a great experience.
I'm surprised at how quickly I managed to get the gist of reading this, considering I don't really read texts that aren't in modern English, let alone plays, which I don't enjoy reading at all. But once you get sucked into this fantastic story, you barely even notice those things. This is my first time reading Shakespeare, though I have seen adaptations of two of his plays, and it was a great experience.