tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post3915432947952562945..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: Hamlet Has Gone to the DogsKGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-58182123712976935922009-03-18T14:07:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:07:00.000-04:00I read this book in a couple of long sittings. I ...I read this book in a couple of long sittings. I wanted it to end because I did not really enjoy the book. Yet it held my interest and I couldn't put it down. I know some people who absolutely loved the book, but I can't say I would recommend it. What worked well for Shakespeare does not work well for Wroblewski. Perhaps my opinion of the book will change as I become more distanced from the reading of it. But having just finished it, my thought is, "All this. And for what?"NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-37367076283530688912009-03-18T09:16:00.000-04:002009-03-18T09:16:00.000-04:00For some reason I haven't been drawn to this novel...For some reason I haven't been drawn to this novel, and I still am not.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-428043169111736052009-03-17T22:59:00.000-04:002009-03-17T22:59:00.000-04:00Interesting review indeed. I don't think it is a b...Interesting review indeed. I don't think it is a book I will rush to the library to sign out. btw...I finished Middlemarch last night (late) and found it to be an excellent read. Now to see what the upcoming movie does with the complicated story.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-17059035115234324442009-03-17T21:55:00.000-04:002009-03-17T21:55:00.000-04:00I've almost finished the book and I must say I hav...I've almost finished the book and I must say I have a love/hate relationship with it. I can't stop reading it, but I don't really like it. I feel as if I am watching a train wreck and can't take my eyes away.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-72172785101234638272009-03-17T19:21:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:21:00.000-04:00Jean--I don't get to teach literature often enough...Jean--I don't get to teach literature often enough.<BR/>Hey, maybe I should do a blog literature course.<BR/>What would you like to learn?KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-87649907384697943342009-03-17T19:10:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:10:00.000-04:00I envy your students.I envy your students.JeanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536421799031706759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-12265305133843069132009-03-17T17:29:00.000-04:002009-03-17T17:29:00.000-04:00NOTE: PLOT SPOILER--if you plan to read the novel...NOTE: PLOT SPOILER--if you plan to read the novel, do not read this comment.<BR/>(Hee hee--hard to resist such a warning, isn't it?)<BR/><BR/>Ginnie--does it help knowing that the novel parallels Hamlet? After all, Hamlet is frequently referred to as a revenge play. Both Hamlet and Edgar are trying to figure out how to get revenge.<BR/><BR/>Also Hamlet ends with almost all the main players dead on the stage. Claudius spikes some wine with poison, intending it for Hamlet. Gertrude grabs the glass and drinks it, while Claudius looks on stunned. Most everyone else gets stabbed, run through by a sword, or somehow done in. Then on to the stage comes Fortinbras to rescue the kingdom, if not the people. <BR/><BR/>I didn't write all this in my post as it is a plot spoiler.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-69600420684388098352009-03-17T16:44:00.000-04:002009-03-17T16:44:00.000-04:00Very interesting. I would never have put the two t...Very interesting. I would never have put the two together but can see how you did.<BR/>I had a very strange reaction to this book. I loved it up until the end and then it all fell apart for me. I am not one who demands happy endings but this one left me cringing.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-43370558668550967042009-03-17T14:23:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:23:00.000-04:00Dog-Geek--glad to hear your comment, as I know you...Dog-Geek--glad to hear your comment, as I know you read the book, AND have dogs!<BR/>Philip--well, actually Shakespeare himself "plagiarized" a great deal--he was one of the all time great copiers. One such <A HREF="http://www.amrep.org/articles/6_3a/plutarch.html" REL="nofollow">article</A> here illustrates that. Of course, where Shakespeare is concerned, we call it REWORKING a sourceKGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-35211957835848565262009-03-17T13:16:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:16:00.000-04:00I take it the author gave no acknowledgment to Sha...I take it the author gave no acknowledgment to Shakespeare's influence. Might this be plagiarism?Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-40740519301107582152009-03-17T08:16:00.000-04:002009-03-17T08:16:00.000-04:00Excellent review! I think that there was more tha...Excellent review! I think that there was more that I liked than disliked, but I can see why a lot of my dog training friends disliked it. It has been many, many years since I have read Hamlet, so I missed a couple of the parrallels that you have outlined here - bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com