tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post5423468470211770406..comments2017-12-26T23:27:57.751-04:00Comments on Hyperion to a Satyr: III.iii. The ConfessionalSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-55718191744729082912012-07-28T12:38:08.144-03:002012-07-28T12:38:08.144-03:00Snell: Don't tempt JMS... Good catch on the La...Snell: Don't tempt JMS... Good catch on the Laertes line.<br /><br />Prof: I call it a prayer though of course, it is a speech that pushes him to prayer, pre-prayer if you will. Since Polonius has had asides, I'm not sure Hamlet is the single voice of the play and it could be played as a soliloquy. An interior monologue if not spoken to the audience.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-17892135013550503052012-07-28T12:21:03.488-03:002012-07-28T12:21:03.488-03:00Brilliant as always, my friend. I'm curious t...Brilliant as always, my friend. I'm curious to know if you've seen Claudius' prayer played to the audience rather than as a prayer. To me that breaks (or at least bends) the play's theatrical contract, having a character other than Hamlet break the fourth wall. But on the other hand, is he really talking to God?<br /><br />Can't wait to see your comparisons of the ways different directors have approached this.Prof. Chronotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641774698707814153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-91039622499714409202012-07-28T11:01:43.357-03:002012-07-28T11:01:43.357-03:00I have seen productions cut this entire scene...ti...I have seen productions cut this entire scene...time? Repetitiveness with R & G & Polonius? They don't like the light it puts Hamlet in? Sigh...<br /><br />Of course, Hamlet's refusal to kill a praying Claudius makes a fine comparison with Laertes' "cut his throat in a church" followed by Claudius' "No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize;/<br />Revenge should have no bounds." Again, Hamlet is more religious than the rest of Denmark (even though his is taking on unsavory aspects, what with wanting to ensure Claudius gores to hell and all).<br /><br />Claudius' declaration "Of those effects for which I did the murder,/ My crown, mine own ambition and my queen." would seem to be an admission that at least part of the reason he killed Hamlet Sr was a love (or lust) for Gertrude. Leaves you wondering a bit exactly what did happen earlier...was there a love triangle? Some relationship between Claudius and Gertrude before the king compelled her to marry him? Or just an unrequited longing of Claudius'? Perhaps we need a Before Hamlet...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com