Another Shakespeare classic that somehow I've never read. I wasn't particularly looking forward to it, but found the story entirely engaging.
Yes, it is a tragedy! The ghost of Hamlet's murdered father sets much of the plot in motion. Hamlet unhappy with his uncle (the murderer) who took over the throne as well as Hamlet's mother. Questions about Hamlet's sanity. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern aren't good friends to Hamlet and pay a price. Ophelia (now I get the pre-Raphaelite painting). Polonius, Laertes.
More famous quotes than I knew, examples -
- to thine own self be true
- neither a borrower nor a lender be
- more honored in the breach than the observance
- something is rotten in the state of Denmark
- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy
- Brevity is the soul of wit.
- Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
- To be, or not to be, that is the question.
- The lady protests too much, methinks
Really happy to have read this, long overdue.
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