Re: Quiet list? there's always
Valerie Thompson (american_night@hotmail.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:30:13 -0700 (PDT)
>Did Hamlet and Ophelia sleep together? Her songs seem to suggest so,
as
>does (in at least one reading) the flower sequence. Clearly, her
>madness and subsequent suicide are related to her father's death. But
>they are also tied to her relationship with Hamlet, and sexuality is a
>big concern there.
>
>And what does Gertrude think of Ophelia? Horatio tells us that Hamlet
>will
>not be able, as unvalued persons are, to carve for himself. But
>Gertrude says to Ophelia, "I hoped thou shoulds't have been my Hamlet's
>wife"--is she serious, or is she merely speaking rubbish to comfort
>her?
>
Far be it from me to yell "digression," but is there really so little to
discuss about Salinger that we've resorted to dicussing Hamlet on the
Salinger list?
~Valerie~
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