Hamlet: Prince of Denmark

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Summary: Shakespeare's Greatest Work? - That Is The Question
Review: Arguably the best of Shakespeare's tragedies, Hamlet, is the seminal tale of betrayal, murder and insanity. This play is the architype for most tragic tales ever written since. There is no better way to explore the human condition than through Shakespeare and Hamlet in particular.

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Summary: The not so sad Tragedy
Review: This was a great book. I enjoyed it immensely. Hamlet was very clever but was quite a brat. Towards the begining when he was busy feeling sorry for himself, he said he would kill himself if God wasn't against it. But what would Hamlet care. He only murdered about 10 million people throughout the play. To me, Hamlet seemed more of a villian than a hero. In this Shakespeare play a lot of people die but I think the only truly sad dealth was Opelia's. The modern version really helped me get so much more out of the play.

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Summary: Hamlet "A great joy to read"(sarcastically speaking)
Review: I would not recommend this book to anyone who likes to interpret books. Shakespeare is old and the old English language is hard to understand. The Modern English version still can confuse the most developed minds. It is a great book to read in High School but not Junior High. The book can be interpreted in many different forms, which can also make it very difficult to come up with a straight answer. Fights broke out over who could interpret the book better. So it's not a good idea to read it in a classroom.

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Summary: My Review of Hamlet
Review: My reading class read this book for an assignment. It took us about 3-4 weeks. I really did like the modern text next to the Shakespearean text. It also gave more detail than the movie that stars Mel Gibson, which is also good but they speak in the Shakespearean language so it takes some brain power to understand it. This book was very long too. It was very hard to understand in some parts. And like all tradgedy every body dies which is no fun. It needed some footnotes to help us understand what some modern words meant. I never have liked Shakespeare but this book is okay. I would definately recommend it to some one who likes Shakespeare.

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Summary: Hamlet
Review: I thought that this book was interesting. I had never read the story Hamlet before I read this, and I was able to understand it because it had both English and Shakespeare version. I just read the modern version because once i started to read the Shakespeare version i was not able to understand it so i had to read the modern version again. I am glad that we could read this book and i would recommend it to anybody that wanted to read Shakespeare.

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Summary: a perfect learning resource
Review: this book was a great help to me because of the book format. it was easy to compare the original text and find out what it meant. the transalation was very accurate, following Shakerspeare's original words. it was very helpful to my classmates and i while we studied this WONDERFUL book. the text is right down to a toddler's reading level.

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Summary: Hamlet is not that great!!!
Review: I would not recommend this book to anybody under 13. I found it to be extremely boring and porbably won't read it again. One thing about this book is the fact that it has alot of gore that is not fit for younger kids. It doesn't really bug me but it might bug some younger children(If they read it).The old english side of this book is extremely difficult to comprhend. The modern side is alot better and thats what I ended up reading. So I would not recommend this book to anyone who is more of an action type of reader. This is more of a high school/college level book with many hidden meanings behind the text. The plot is also very tragic and I personally dislike tragedies. Hamlet is never truly happy in this book. The main point of this review is that this book is not that great to read.

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Summary: Hamlet
Review: I found this book very helpful. It presented the story of Hamlet in a way I could comprehend it. I was very glad I could read the original version then read the modernized version on the other page. This story was interesting. It laced adventure in some areas though, but for the most part it kept me on the edge of my seat. I would definatly recommend this series to anyone who wishes to read Shakespears great works without a lot of hassle.

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Summary: Hamlet Review
Review: This book was pretty boring. Its very long and I don't really get the point... The modern version text makes it a little easier to understand but I still didn't like it very much. I have never really liked Shakespeare because of the words and difficulty to understand the story. It was easier just to watch the movie instead. I guess you might like it if you're a big fan of shakespeare but if you don't want to read a long, boring book, I wouldn't recommend it.

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Summary: Hamlet Review
Review: This book was pretty boring. Its very long and I don't really get the point because everyone dies in the end anyway. The modern version text makes it a little easier to understand but I still didn't like it very much. I have never really liked Shakespeare because of the words and difficulty to understand the story. It was easier just to watch the movie instead. I guess you might like it if you're a big fan of shakespeare but if you don't want to read a long, boring book, I wouldn't recommend it.