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Hamlet; the Existentialist

written – B. M. Barry Existence, the one truly perfect gift from God. Everyday, a new way to continue living life and another to plan it out. Some people, though, question the sunrise in the morning and the moon glow at night. It is not uncommon for people to wonder what it all means. InformationContinue reading “Hamlet; the Existentialist”

Analyzing My favorite Hamlet Quotes: A Deconstructed Essay

Introduction and Reflection Even though not everyone has read Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, I bet everyone has heard at least a quote from it used in conversation or quoted in a TV show. I have always been akin to collecting quotes. I like that in a few short words a larger message can be represented. IContinue reading “Analyzing My favorite Hamlet Quotes: A Deconstructed Essay”

Ophelia

Cora Rodriguez Rethinking Modern British Literature Unessay Project 1 Ophelia For my unessay, I made an art piece of Gertrude and Ophelia from Hamlet. Ophelia stands on the riverbank watching Ophelia’s lifeless body float face-down below her, flowers around her head like a halo. I drew the figures and the flowers, while the backgrounds IContinue reading “Ophelia”

Unessay Project

For this project I wanted to portray Ophelia’s death scene along with some of the aspects of Hamlet like greek mythology and flowers (which are relevant in the scene of Ophelia’s supposed madness). I decided to draw from Gertrude’s explanation that Ophelia died of a fall from a willow branch into a river, and writeContinue reading “Unessay Project”

A Time Long Forgotten

Dylan Silcox With thought, it’s hard to remember The times that we want. Back when things were right And the only wrongs Were the ones that We made ourselves. It’s taken some time To regain what it’s like To hold onto what we love, To feel the hold of what we know. The faded memoryContinue reading “A Time Long Forgotten”

To Be or Not To Be. . . Mad

An Analysis of Hamlet by William Shakespeare With a lot of time to digest the play Hamlet, I was drawn to the internal struggle within the characters. I took Hamlet as an example of realism, when the ethical choices of characters are more important than the plot; for instance it’s not as important that theContinue reading “To Be or Not To Be. . . Mad”

Shakesfilm: Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet*

On Monday, August 22nd, at Tuscaloosa’s Bama Theatre, the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies presents Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet,* the first film in our Shakespeare in Film Series for 2016-17. Film starts at 7:30pm, and the concession stand will be open.Free and open to the public! For more information about the film, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton%27s_HamletContinue reading “Shakesfilm: Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet*”

Lucky Number Seven

It’s hard to believe the life that Improbable Fictions has had thus far: twenty five separate staged readings since 2010, covering Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Elizabeth Cary, and Terry Pratchett, readings that have drawn on actors and audience members from the University of Alabama and the community of Tuscaloosa. It’s my pleasure today to announce aContinue reading “Lucky Number Seven”