hamlet vs king lear
the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid
hamlet vs king lear
the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid
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
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]