We read Hamlet for 12th grade, also read Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, and it was the year that Mel Gibson’s movie Hamlet came out so the English teacher got toe school to rent out the theatre for an afternoon and the whole senior class went. I thought it was an interesting movie but there were many differences from the book. The next day when each English class went in the found out that we were going to be tested on the movie to make sure we were paying attention. The first class of the day was surprised most because the rest of the classes had been forewarned by fellow classmates about the test. I think I got a 90% on it, had a hard time remember all the character names and what happened to them all.
dadthedawg Premium Member 12 months ago
To be or not to be…..
C 12 months ago
Truth in advertising
Asharah 12 months ago
Isn’t that a little heavy for 8th graders? Murder, bloodshed suicide?
scote1379 Premium Member 12 months ago
Ah Shakespeare with cracking voices , shy mumbling, forgotten lines , missed cues , pure bliss !, Wouldn’t miss it !
Doug K 12 months ago
It’s a tragedy in so many ways.
b.john71 12 months ago
Romeo and Juliet would fit right in with todays schools
Prey 12 months ago
Have you seen World of Warcraft?
eced52 12 months ago
Alas, poor Horatio, I knew him well.
Alverant 12 months ago
By the end, everyone in the cast was dead. They were the lucky ones.
raybarb44 12 months ago
Accuracy in reporting…..
prrdh 12 months ago
You get two, two, two tragedies in one!
T... 12 months ago
Great art, great double entendre…
cactusbob333 12 months ago
This reminds me of the church bulletin announcement: Do you know what Hell is? Come in and listen to our organist.
oakie817 12 months ago
ba dum tss
DaBump Premium Member 12 months ago
If 8th graders are studying Shakespeare these days, I’d say that’s something to celebrate!
ArcticFox Premium Member 12 months ago
Tha perfesser’s attempt at comedy doesn’t ‘play’ well.
Sambora1 12 months ago
We read Hamlet for 12th grade, also read Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, and it was the year that Mel Gibson’s movie Hamlet came out so the English teacher got toe school to rent out the theatre for an afternoon and the whole senior class went. I thought it was an interesting movie but there were many differences from the book. The next day when each English class went in the found out that we were going to be tested on the movie to make sure we were paying attention. The first class of the day was surprised most because the rest of the classes had been forewarned by fellow classmates about the test. I think I got a 90% on it, had a hard time remember all the character names and what happened to them all.