To Be or Not to Be

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 Has anyone else noticed the similarities between Gen/ Hamlet and Costis/ Horatio? I've studied Hamlet three times, high school, and two university classes, but I just noticed the similarity when I read Hamlet and Ophelia by John Marsdon. He does an extremely good job at modernizing the play, I recognized most of the major speeches. And kept seeing Hamlet as Gen and Horatio as Costis. Especially in the scene with Hamlet messing with the messenger with Horatio looking on.  Any thoughts? What would Gen do in  a similar situation? I just found that the whole pretending to be mad to get info seemed so Gen, but would he act sooner or get swept up in the thought of the situation? 

socks! reminder!

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It's here! The 2nd annual A Conspiracy of Socks Week officially started today (it's still sunday, right?), and I hope all of you who participated had a delightful time liberating your socks.

Have a great week!