Thursday, November 14, 2013

School is in session


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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