WHEN EVERYTHING STARTS TO LOOK LIKE HAMLET
I read the#prologue of the best-selling novel, “The Flicker of Old Dreams” by Susan Henderson , and liked it right away: It was a lot like Hamlet! And being obsessed with Hamlet as I am, what’s not to like?
—A key character (athletic “royalty”?) dies before the main action begins.
—Some think the younger brother (as in Hamlet) was responsible.
—One dad seems to have toxic masculinity issues (like Claudius & the dead king); another father-figure is kinder (like Yorick).
—Things are rotten, out of joint, needing to be set right (and wheat at the grain elevator literally rots).
—Gossip plays a strong role, like poison in the ear.
—Characters like gravediggers (mortician, embalmer) play key roles; one of these is the kinder dad (like the gravedigger who channels the spirit of Yorick).
Coincidence? We shall see!
Will a key character kill a love interest’s dad, then sail toward England (at least metaphorically) but jump on a pirate ship (ditto) and return with new perspective and trust in Providence? We shall see!
If there’s a sword fight in the end (at least dueling wits?) we’ll know for sure that Henderson is another author who happens to be a hashtag#Shakespeare & hashtag#Hamlet fan, eh?
;-D
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[Originally posted around the week of 8/13/18
on LinkedIn]
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Links to a description of my book project:
On LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eJGBtqV
On this blog: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamlets-bible-my-book-project-im.html
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#Shakespeare #Bible #Hamlet #Literature #LiteraryCriticism #Drama #Theatre #EarlyModern #religion #Renaissance #EnglishLiterature
I read the#prologue of the best-selling novel, “The Flicker of Old Dreams” by Susan Henderson , and liked it right away: It was a lot like Hamlet! And being obsessed with Hamlet as I am, what’s not to like?
—A key character (athletic “royalty”?) dies before the main action begins.
—Some think the younger brother (as in Hamlet) was responsible.
—One dad seems to have toxic masculinity issues (like Claudius & the dead king); another father-figure is kinder (like Yorick).
—Things are rotten, out of joint, needing to be set right (and wheat at the grain elevator literally rots).
—Gossip plays a strong role, like poison in the ear.
—Characters like gravediggers (mortician, embalmer) play key roles; one of these is the kinder dad (like the gravedigger who channels the spirit of Yorick).
Coincidence? We shall see!
Will a key character kill a love interest’s dad, then sail toward England (at least metaphorically) but jump on a pirate ship (ditto) and return with new perspective and trust in Providence? We shall see!
If there’s a sword fight in the end (at least dueling wits?) we’ll know for sure that Henderson is another author who happens to be a hashtag#Shakespeare & hashtag#Hamlet fan, eh?
;-D
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[Originally posted around the week of 8/13/18
on LinkedIn]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Links to a description of my book project:
On LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eJGBtqV
On this blog: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamlets-bible-my-book-project-im.html
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#Shakespeare #Bible #Hamlet #Literature #LiteraryCriticism #Drama #Theatre #EarlyModern #religion #Renaissance #EnglishLiterature
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