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Sounds interesting as a concept but a film would be quite difficult. Speaking not only as a Shakespeare fan but also a dedicated Joycean (I read and re-read Ulysses all the time) I would be...

Again, good commentary, Charles. On a side note, I've always wondered how Ophelia's "slow drown" was faithfully chronicled by onlookers but nobody thought to wade into the creek and rescue her silly...

Well, regarding throwing things at the screen (stage) you need to come to one of those cult showings of Rocky Horror. And yes, they're still doing that.

Of course there's authenticity and slavish...

Do you think that Claudius and Gertrude were doing the "beast with two backs" (to quote Iago) before old Hamlet's murder?

I know there's no textural evidence within the play itself, but if I were...

Excellent analysis, Charles. Hamlet's of course very suspicious of anyone schmoozing up to him, and quickly ferrets out the motive behind R&G's visit -- "We were sent for."

Hamlet also talks about...

Hard to say where I'd put Ophelia on the fool/victim chart. About midway, maybe. Despite all his screwy advice, he strangely gives his naive daughter a warning about Hamlet. But whether she's a...

Excellent commentary, Charles, thanks!

I freely admit to cooking up much of my comments totally within my fevered brain. I write fiction mostly, and therefore am wont to, er, "interpret" facts and...

Thanks for the excellent feedback, Charles. You were eloquent regarding Freud and echoed my feelings exactly.

And yes, Polonius is excellent in the Branagh film.

May the gods of great...

Which video version do you regard as the best, kelby? Because I've not seen one that tops the Branagh and would be interested.

And I agree about the sex angle of the Branagh version, but as for...

Well, of course, many folks confuse "climax" with "finale" but let's discuss climax, the point at which the play pivots.

I think it's a scene that's sadly omitted from many productions, to the...

Let me add that I've also read an interpretation that the hesitation is due to Hamlet's "melancholy", but that came from scholarship of the early 20th century, when people still thought that...

You're right, rally, of course, re. different interpretations. But to jam Freudianism into a place where there isn't any to begin with -- especially since Freud has been essentially discredited since...

"Why does Hamlet procrastinate" is a question that has been asked, it seems, from the very beginning of Hamlet scholarship. I'd like to discuss this by posting some of what is becoming an essay on...

I'm currently working on my 3rd novel in a series of modern urban private detective books. The first 2 were published, generally favorable reviews but only modest sales. That's life.

I also write...

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Chill breezes cut across dark city streets, streets still damp and dripping from an...

When I was just a kid and first saw the '48 Olivier Hamlet film, I was very impressed, of course. I enjoyed the way the scenes changed by panning to another section of the castle, the moody tone, and...

As with most things, I try to look at the prima facie evidence first. How a thing first seems may be the real substance of that thing.

I think the reason Claudius didn't contact Horatio is simple:...

Ah! That's a definition of spurned I didn't know! Thanks -- explained now.

Cheapest way is to simply Google the word. But the very best Ulysses reference is in print, large paperback format, and not expensive, twenty bucks or so:

"Ulysses Annotated" by Don Gifford.
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Birds did occur to me. It's the word "spurned" that I can't fit. To be spurned is to be shunned and the metaphor falls flat because I can't figure out why the water gets spurned. However, here's a...

I highly recommend you find a copy of the 1984 Gabler edition of Ulysses if you can. It's a large softcover book, full size, w. grey cover, red and blue title on the front, and "The Gabler Edition"...

The 2nd edition of the Gifford *I have this also, the first page/line number pair refers to the 1986 Gabler "Corrected Text" edition. Numbers following in parens refer to the 1961 Random House...

'Nother' is that like noter i.e someone who writes a note? or 'nother' as in another dying? or something else? :)[/QUOTE]

It's a pun on "another" is dying.

Buck Mulligan is based on an old pal of Joyce, Oliver St. John Gogarty, whom Joyce had a falling out with and wanted to pick nits with and therefore parodied him in the novel.

In my opinion,...

Another clever use of the novel was in Star Trek TNG episode "Captain's Holiday" where Picard is trying to relax on this resort planet, and one of the books he takes with him is Ulysses. This is of...