GREEN EGGS AND HAMLET

• a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
• When Hamlet first comes to mind I think of the soliloquy "To be, or not to be--that is the question". I think of the LONG speech that Hamlet recites and that I will soon have to recite to my fellow classmates.
• b) What do you know about Shakespeare?
• Shakespeare wrote some of the most influential and famous plays known to the world. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, the list goes on. 
• c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
• I believe that most students involuntary frown at his name because every piece of work that we have to analyze is tedious. They fear the challenge of translating his work into modern text. It is not so much that we can't, it is just that students are lazy.
• d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
• To make studying this play an amazing experience we will have to make this play intriguing. If we are able to excite student's and make it relate to modern times, they will never forget it. So many are afraid of Shakespeare's work that they shy away from it. Many will say that this play is "boring" or "pointless" but there is a reason why Shakespeare's work is famous. These plays are influential and reveal a deeper insight of the world around us. Whether we want to accept it or not, everyone can relate to his work on some level.