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People?

Characters are people? And here I thought they were parts written on a page...

Representations of people in action - now, there's a start. Though as Aristotle would say, a play's the representation of an action, not characters; the characters come along for the sake of the action. Or Hamlet: "The play's the thing / In which I'll catch the conscience of the king."

Rather than applying deconstruction to Hamlet - or in addition to - you might want to apply a little Poetics.

Posted by Mr. W.H. on April 03, 1997 at 14:00:59
 In Reply to "Re: Deconstruct this..." posted by Lillith on March 24, 1997 at 17:13:35


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