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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2905  Friday, 28 December 2001

[1]     From:   Markus Marti <Markus.Marti@unibas.ch>
        Date:   Thursday, 27 Dec 2001 15:55:01 +0100
        Subj:   Re: SHK 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture

[2]     From:   Martin Steward <MSteward@mds1974.freeserve.co.uk>
        Date:   Friday, 28 Dec 2001 09:12:04 -0000
        Subj:   Re: SHK 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture


[1]-----------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Markus Marti <Markus.Marti@unibas.ch>
Date:           Thursday, 27 Dec 2001 15:55:01 +0100
Subject: 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture

> troubled sibling relationships from literature:
> Hamlet and Ophelia,... Is there a reason that people might get the
> impression
> they’re siblings?

Papa Polonius, probably.

But maybe it's just as with Antony and Cleopatra or Troilus and Cressida
- common names for cats or dogs or goldfish, especially if they're
siblings.

:) Cheers, Markus

[2]-------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Martin Steward <MSteward@mds1974.freeserve.co.uk>
Date:           Friday, 28 Dec 2001 09:12:04 -0000
Subject: 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2898 Re: Pop Culture

Clifford Stetner wrote,

“Did anyone hear Bloomberg Radio’s item on how to deal with sibling
relationships at Christmas gatherings which was introduced by the
reporter’s list of troubled sibling relationships from literature:
Hamlet and Ophelia, Hansel and Gretel, etc. and ended with the
commentary: “a better ending than Hamlet and Ophelia.” I heard it
broadcast twice during the day so it apparently got by the entire
editorial staff. Is there a reason that people might get the impression
they’re siblings?”

No doubt the pop-criticism and pop-Freudianism that suffuses teaching
and discussion of this warhorse of a play has rendered it little more
than a catalogue of psychosexual dysfunction! Perhaps they were
confusing it with “Tis Pity She’s a Whore”... (!!)

m

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