2025-03-11 4:53:06 ¶ ●

hamlet vs king lear

the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid

2025-03-11 4:59:22 ¶ ●

can we please compare the duel at the end of hamlet with the duel at the end of king lear

-the person who issues the challenge is trying to avenge their father

-the person who accepts the challenge is begged not to accept it, but insists on fighting anyway

-objectively not a fair fight (rigged match/unidentified disguised opponent)

-someone gets poisoned and dies around the same time

2025-03-11 14:26:47 ¶ ●

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im teaching hamlet rn to my 11th graders

and all of your comparisons are making me want to also teach them king lear which i simply. do not have time for.

it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)

I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade

however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards

[but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]