tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 07 08:45:03 1997
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RE: bIchuSchoHqu''a'
At 10:11 PM 11/6/97 -0800, you wrote:
>It's not the *length* that bothers Klingons when they watch Hamlet, it's how
>long things go on for before anybody gets killed! Hamlet, upon hearing of his
>father's murder, *should* have waltzed up to Claudius and challenged him to a
>{vItHay'} immediately. Instead, he worries and ponders and procrastinates.
>This is the social commentary made by Hamlet, showing the decline of the
>times, and this is why Hamlet is classified as a "Problem Play."
Or perhaps it is a cautionary tale - Hamlet's dishonorable hesitation brought about
his death - death by treachery, instead of in honest battle.
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