Shakespeare - Hamlet III

"The most overrated work of art in the history of hummanity."


"All and all this play is atrocious. Though it is acclaimed as the greatest work of drama ever, it is hardly that. People who say such things, have absolutely no credibility. Hamlet's only purpose is to confuse the reader. Any intelligent person can see through his character and realize that he is little more than a feeble mind with a large vocabulary. He is almost the mirror image of Lennie in OF MICE AND MEN, Barnaby Rudge in the Dickens' book of the same name, Benjy in THE SOUND AND THE FURY, or Dogberry in Shakespeare's own MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The rest of the main characters (Claudius, Gerturde, Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, The Ghost, Horatio, Rosencrantz, Guildensern, The Player King, Fortinbras, The First Gravedigger, Barnardo, Reynaldo, and Osric) are ridiculous and annoying caricatures. HAMLET would have been a much better play had these characters been eliminated entirely. Their only contribution lies in the fustian and obfuscating nature of a horrid play. Take my advice: if you want some real entertainment, read Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS with the great intellect Aaron the Moor, the forerunner of Iago, or THE SPANISH TRAGEDY, containing the sublime Hieronimo, the forerunner of Jane Austen's Anne Elliot. You will find these plays far superior to the 'aesthetic failure,' as T.S. Eliot commented, otherwise known as HAMLET."

THIS ALMOST MAKES ME WANT TO QUOTE ELIOT'S ESSAY ON HAMLET IN FULL, BECAUSE OF ALL THE EGREGIOUSLY RETARDED LITERARY AND CULTURAL CRITICISM THE MAN WROTE, NOTHING, NOT EVEN THE ESSAY ON BLAKE, TRUMPS THAT. BUT THEN AGAIN IT'S STILL NOT AS DUMB AS PREFERRING TITUS ANDRONICUS TO HAMLET


"It's dull, monotinous, boring. The only way you can get anything out of it is if you over-analyse to such a level that you change the plot of the play completely! I apologise to all Hamlet fans out there, but i really dont see why this play demonstrates Shakespeare as a great British writer.
The soliloquies are perhaps why the play is most famous, and i had to write a 3000 word essay on how they connect Hamlet to the audience. But they don't. Apart from one, 'tis now the very witching time of night...' they are all bland and show nothing but Hamlet's idiocy, stupidity, and cowardice.
So there you go, read it if you will. Who knows, it may be a question in a pub quiz, but i just want to warn you that compared to a lot of Shakespeare's other work, this just isnt up to scratch. sorry xxx"


"Hamlet sucks. Like really shakespeare? You cant just talk like a normal person...?"


"The play Hamlet sucks cock."


"In my opinion all of Shakespeare's writings are long winded, drawn out words with no possibility of ever coming close to being remotly interesting. Hamlet was actually one of the most terribly boring, predictable, useless book ever written. The plot had no vital juices. The charachters were devoid of all emotion and energy. Even more devastating to the book is how it all ended. I actually got to say once Hamlet,Gertrude, and Claudius died I was leaping with joy, it was impossible to contain my excitment. Why? Because it meant that if every one is dead, well, IT IS FINALLY OVER! Finally, this book not only is long, boring, and an embaressment to the whole romantic time period. It has no long lasting effect on anyone. So, what I'm trying to say is that any poor, unfortunate soul that has to read this book will never even understand let alone remember what actually went on through the course of the play."


"Why do we have to analyze all of Hamlet's problems? We have our own problems to take care of!"


"Be or not be , thats the question - Hamlet SUCKS"


"im so tired of hamlet and ophelias stupid ass just kill the fucking uncle so i wont have to read this book no more"


"Seriously, if it's Shakespeare you want, go buy a different play than this."