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William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible) or are proverbial. All quotations are second quarto except as noted:
The poem "Hamlet" by Boris Pasternak opens the collection of poetry in the novel Dr Zhivago attributed to the title character. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Zbigniew Herbert ’s "Tren Fortynbrasa", or “Elegy of Fortinbras” in English, is a poem written in the perspective of Prince Fortinbras , who is examining the destructive aftermath of the play's ...
The Dire Straits songs makes use of certain aspects of Shakespeare's play, as well as elements of some of the play's stage and screen adaptations. It also purposely diverges from the play's plot and characterizations in certain respects (such as Juliet's reaction to being approached by Romeo). [179] "Rusty James" ¡Uno! Green Day: Rumble Fish ...
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
The idea of a Hamlet overture had first occurred to Tchaikovsky in 1876, as outlined in his plans in a letter to his brother Modest. At that time, he conceived it in three parts: 1. Elsinore and Hamlet, up to the appearance of his father's ghost 2. Polonius (scherzando) and Ophelia (adagio), and 3. Hamlet after the appearance of the ghost.
The steampunk band Abney Park recorded a song called "Dear Ophelia" that is sung from the point of Hamlet, writing letters to Ophelia expressing that he does, in fact, love her. [47] The Band recorded a song titled "Ophelia" for the album Northern Lights – Southern Cross, in which some have interpreted Ophelia as a metaphor for race-mixing. [48]
Author Molly Booth has written a young adult historical fiction novel, Saving Hamlet, about a teenage girl who time travels back to the original production of Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, 1601. The book has a focus on Ophelia's role, and how the sexism from Shakespeare's era translates to sexism in modern society for young ...
[19] [27] The musician Joan Baez collaborated on a soundtrack to Italian film Sacco & Vanzetti and used text from "The New Colossus" for some of the lyrics. [28] "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"—a song from the soundtrack of 1986 animated film An American Tail—includes a choral arrangement of "The New Colossus" praised by The Mary Sue as ...