REQUIRED READING - 12TH GRADE: This play is about the murder of a brother by a brother and the marriage of the widow to the other. Main characters are Hamlet, Claudius, and Gertrude. I love the tragedy of the play because it is such a great tragedy! Hamlet is my all time favorite Shakespearean play. Its theme is about the noble men and both their compassion and their corruptibility. 
 Humanities 110: Principles of Humanities: With each reading I feel this drama will get better and better. Here too, the instructor gave a brief bio that was lacking during the first reading. I also learned about the genre of tragedy which helped to understand more about both the play and the main character of Hamlet. 
 English 533: Shakespeare - I am so lucky that my favorite Shakespearean play was once more required reading. During this reading the themes of "seems" vs. "art," disparities between words and actions, and appearance vs. reality were examined.