Questions for You to Ponder and Discuss on Hamlet

1. What is the significance of the first scene in the play? What does it tell you about the castle or the country?

2. What does the line “To be or not to be” mean? How would you relate the line to Hamlet’s trouble and mindset?

Some Questions for You to Discuss within Groups

•What do you think about Freud’s interpretation of Hamlet?

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Is Is it innovative? Is it illogical?

What Chinese Classics do you think can be included in a Discovery "Great Books" series?

As we talked about Freud this week, what classics in Chinese language do you think should be included as the "Great Book" series if we desire to produce such a program in Discovery channel? Please name your list and also tell us why?

Shipwreck and Its Implication?

4. What are the roles of the tempest and the sea at the beginning? What are the reasons for Shakespeare to employ shipwreck in the plot?  Is shipwreck a good dramatic element or is it a cliché?

12 Nights and She's the Man Continued

3. How is friendship depicted in Twelfth Night and She’s the Man?

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12 Nights and She's the Man

2. What do you think is the rationale for love in Twelfth Night and She’s the Man? Or is there any rationale for love at all?

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12 Nights

n1. Do you think Andy Fickman’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s work is good or bad? Which part is good? Which part is bad? Why?

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