tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128644009910841672.post3166283874431776085..comments2024-03-25T04:15:12.173-05:00Comments on Book 'Em with The Hodgenator!: Review: Falling for Hamletthehodgenatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07101929380693313188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128644009910841672.post-27898770637833532812012-07-25T21:00:34.571-05:002012-07-25T21:00:34.571-05:00Oh yes, I'm very familiar with Updike's pi...Oh yes, I'm very familiar with Updike's piece, and I LOVED it! I will bring it in as well - and for those of you who teach Hamlet and have not read it, you need to get on it ASAP. It will ROCK your world.<br /><br />Okay, it may not actually rock it, but it will change the way you read/teach Hamlet the next time.<br /><br />Happy reading!<br /><br />Cthehodgenatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101929380693313188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128644009910841672.post-79283051048612142442012-07-25T16:34:19.624-05:002012-07-25T16:34:19.624-05:00I don't really have an intro to Hamlet, but we...I don't really have an intro to Hamlet, but we watch clips of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, with a suggestive reading of Gertrude and Claudius - the "somewhat" prequel to Hamlet written by John Updike. It gets into Scandinavian folklore, and how the two are inextricably bound to the rules of marriage and time, and how they escape them. Claudius is awesome in this, which obviously contradicts his persona in the play, but I think Updike was tapping into Claudius' ways of old, and how he lost it along the way for power. Very short, but dense book, if you struggle with myth and legend. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Gertrude-Claudius-John-Updike/dp/0375409084Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com