We've discussed this in class, but here is the quote from Hamlet with the title:
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
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p. 900. Does Hamlet feign his madness, or is he feigning feigning madness? It seems like this is really a self-evaluation by Hal.
ReplyDeleteThis whole passage seems vital. I'm still on my way to finishing the book, but as of now this is all still quite a puzzle. I don't foresee it coming together easily, but I don't think I'll be disappointed regardless.
I didn't really think about it while reading through the first time, but the comparisons to Hamlet are too many to pass up. Perhaps we should discuss the relevances or even just the appropriateness of Hamlet for DFW's contemporary audience. In other words, what does it mean to remake Hamlet for 20th-Century America?
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