Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1333 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hamlet's Sword
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The idea
Unit thirteen's prayer scene carries the direction that Hamlet draws his sword. The object makes the deliberation physical: a man holding a drawn weapon and talking himself out of using it. Without the direction the speech reads as abstract.
In practice
The weapon makes it physical.
Where people slip
The direction changes the speech.
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