Shakespeare: Lyrical
Wordsmith or Fraud?
To be, or not to be?
Praise
Cody
Shakespeare was wont to creating work based on others'
ideas and stories. In fact, most of his work was just dramatic
treatments of other authors fables. (Think: Brother
Grimm's transition into modern fairy tales.) But! I beseech thee!
Do not gaze sorrow-ingly upon Shakespeare, for he strode into
other minds for ideas of which he could create a masterpiece
from; he did not seek to wrong them of their words or work.
Now, enter Thomas Nashe, and Robert Green, for
Shakespeare delved into the minds of these two men more
than once. As he "copied-and-pasted" what he could find, and
added dramatic flare and pun. Hamlet was being born, anew.
Thomas Nashe, Robert Greene, William Shakespear
Truths and Conspiracies
Ur-Hamlet/ Menaphon:
•Protagonist was a young
Danish Prince.
•Antagonist was in-relation-to
protagonist.
•Death of Political Figure.
•Apparition acts as a
prologue.
• Not-so-much death.
•'Happier' endings.
Erica
Hamlet(WS.):
•Protagonist was a young
Danish Prince.
•Antagonist was in-relation-to
protagonist.
•Death of King.
•Apparition acts as a
prologue.
•Dramatized as a tragedy.
•Tragic ending.
•Full of literary genius and
original speeches in iambic
pentameter.
Hamlet, Menaphon
From Him to Him to He
Cody
In an epistle by Thomas Nashe, Tom shared his idea for a play.
The play was about a Danish Prince from Denmarke
(intentional) named Hamblet. The letter, sent to Robert Greene,
was an outline with few ideas about the play. The basic idea for
the play was a betrayal wrapped in a mystery stuffed inside of a
comedy. Meaning, it holds similarities in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The play was written and performed a few times, but never had
any success. Then, BAM! Shakespeare is writing the drama
that shakes the stone of wood of the Globe Theater.
Globe, Performance
Presented by Erica and Cody
Created by Gary
Works Cited
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet>.
Kempry, Dane. "All the Year Around." Afterword. Shakespearianan I. By Charles
Dickens and Dane Kempry. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 17-178. Rpt. in
Unpublished Works . N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. The Shakespeare Collection.
Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://shakespearean.org.uk>.
Dowden, Edward. Theater History. N.p., Feb.-Mar. 2005. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.theatrehistory.com>.