INDEX: Holding up The Odyssey as mirror in Hamlet

From August 4-23, 2022, I did a series exploring how Shakespeare seems to have had The Odyssey in mind when he named Ophelia's brother Laertes (the father of Odysseus also had that name): In the same way that the family of Odysseus tries to defend his wife Penelope against suitors while he is away at war, Polonius and Laertes try to defend Ophelia against suitors. This was prompted in part by Asimov's book on Shakespeare, in the section on Hamlet, where he briefly mentions this name, Laertes, which stand out like a sore thumb, and which does not sound very Danish.

Below is the INDEX to these posts:

1. Laertes in Hamlet & the Odyssey - Part 1: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/laertes-in-hamlet-odyssey-part-1.html

2. Laertes in Hamlet & the Odyssey - Part 2: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/laertes-in-hamlet-odyssey-part-2.html

3. Seeking Penelope in Ophelia & Hamlet: Laertes & The Odyssey - Part 3: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/seeking-penelope-in-ophelia-hamlet.html

4. Hamlet's Delay, Penelope's Weaving, via M. Grenke - Hamlet & the Odyssey - Part 4: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/hamlets-delay-penelopes-weaving-via.html

5. Hamlet's Nietzschean madness, via M. Grenke - Hamlet & the Odyssey - Part 5: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/hamlets-nietzschean-madness-via-m.html

6. Hyperion & Lazarus: Rich Men & Pitiless Gods - Hamlet & The Odyssey part 6: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/hyperion-lazarus-kings-rich-men.html

7. Sixteen Ways of Looking at Hamlet & Odysseus - part 7: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/sixteen-ways-of-looking-at-hamlet.html

8. Hamlet and Homer (Louden, Aguirre, Hornback) - part 8: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2022/08/hamlet-and-homer-part-8-louden-aguirre.html

INDEX: Holding up The Odyssey as mirror in Hamlet
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2024/08/index-holding-up-odyssey-as-mirror-in.html
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