Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Not-So-Teen Angst

"Hamlet"
Act 1, Scene 3, line 67:
Hamlet: Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun.

Great pun. In Shakespeare's time, sun exposure was linked to melancholy. Hamlet is also implying that he is too much of a "son," i.e., he has too many parents.



I think Hamlet would've liked The Cure.
He dressed the part, "inky cloak" and all.

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