Very true, Perna. I thoroughly enjoyed talking about this with you!

I, too, did an essay on this Play. I called it "Hamlet and Ophelia - Love Gone Mad." How appropriate, eh? I had just been diagnosed with BPD about a year earlier. I saw alot of myself in Ophelia - unfortunately.

Although I totally freaked when I was writing it, it was fabulous to consider all the different aspects of each character (I always freak when I have to write - but I just LOVE it!!). I gotta brag a bit - I got a perfect mark on my paper! Apparently, I had made a few observations that even my teacher missed ( like I did with Claudius' remark to Gertrude), but I did catch a few things that he missed - even as a Shakespearian actor and English Prof. He uses my essay as an example in his classes now.

I am in awe of what this man was able to write, even though there was much controversy about his ability to write such

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I don't think Shakespeare would be surprised, think that was somewhat his intent though more for his fellow English citizens rather than for those of us 400 years in the future.

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