I think that the story of Hamlet could be told through the perspective
of a high school. I could see Claudius being the new principal who had just
gotten his brother the former principal fired. Hamlet would still be Claudius's
nephew and everything but he would be a teacher at the school. Polonius would
be a teacher also but instead of being an academic teacher he would be a physical
education teacher. I think Polonius would be a physical education teacher
because I see Polonius being less educated and not as clever as Hamlet who is
clearly a scholar. It also seems that being an academic teacher would be a
higher rank or role in the school society, which gives Hamlet the authority to
somewhat, sass Polonius and be irritated when Polonius thinks he knows
everything. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would be counselors at the school who
were instructed by Claudius to investigate Hamlet. Gertrude would be the secretory
of the school who is always greeting people at the front office.
As for the scene I would reimagine I think I would
completely change the way act 3 scene 2 is told. I would imagine that scene
where instead of Hamlet stabbing Polonius behind a tapestry Hamlet would get
Polonius fired. Hamlet who submits some type of fake form to the school
district planning to get Claudius fired but accidentally gets Polonius fired.
Hamlet would confess to doing this to Polonius in front of Gertrude in her
office. All of this would be happening after the school play was finished which
displayed how a principal was fired because of a false accusation anonymously
given by his own brother.
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