Hamlet again (was: Merlin S1E01 Move It)


Agamemnon <agamemnon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On 21 Sep, 22:32, "Agamemnon" <agamemnon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

BOLLOCKS! The monarchy was the undisputed historical consensuses.
UNDISPUTED! Nobody every suggested these people did not exist. If
you think
it was fiction then you are a TOTALLY DERANGED CONSPIRACY THEORIST
since your claim has no factual basis whatsoever.

Aggy, no one but you has ever claimed Hamlet *did* exist. It is very

Hamlet's existence is UNDISPUTED by all but deranged Conspiracy
Theories who claim all of Europe conspired over a period of 2000
years to fake its history.


Wrong. We're disputing it, and we're not claiming that anyone, let
alone all of Europe, conspired over a period of 2000 years to fake
anything. If you can point us to a post in this thread where someone
claims that, then you might have a point. But you can't, can you?

well known that Shakespeare was *inspired* by the legend of Amleth as
told by Saxo, but neither Shakespeare nor anyone else ever made any
suggestion that Hamlet was meant to be an accurate retelling of the
legend, let alone a historical account.

Twaddle.

In that case, please cite at least one occasion when Shakespeare _did_
make a suggestion that Hamlet was meant to be an accurate retelling of
the Amleth legend or historical account.

Amleth took revenge on his
brother, not his uncle, and the name of *every single character* was
different between the Danorum and Shakespeare's play. Hamlet was a

POPPY***

Christian in the play, consulting God - Christianity didn't exist in

According to Eusebius, Plato was the first Christian, and he was
contemporary with Hamlet.

Well, Eusebius was obviously writing bull*** then.

Shakespeare probably read Eusebius and got
confused.

No. He probably just decided to ignore historical accuaracy and set the
in play in Christian times anyway.

Amleth's time. Hamlet was prince of Denmark - Amleth of Jutland.
Hamlet went to university - you still haven't risen to the challenge

Plato founded his Academy at about the same time as Hamlet lived or
not long after.

Plato founded his accademy at Wittenburg, did he?


Shakespeare probably read about Plato and got confused.


No, he probably just decided to ignore historical accuaracy and set the
in play in contemporary times anyway.


WRONG! Hamlet is classified as a tragedy along with Julius Caesar,
Anthony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and Cymbeline, all of
which we know existed.

They existed, but that doesn't mean Shakespeare's plays about them are
accurate.


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