I always saw Hamlet as a vacillating wimp who should have gotten on with the business at hand... namely taking out Claudius as quickly and bloodily as he could. Shit! His Daddy had to come back from the grave to try and make a man of him. Never had much sympathy for the "melancholy Dane" myself, even though the play does have some of the best lines the Bard set to paper.

I much preferred MacBeth. He may have struck in the dark, but at least he had the conscience to feel bad about it. And when he found himself in deep, he sucked it up and dealt with it like a man. (I also know the historical MacBeth was a far cry from the literary one) The Scottish play has a few good lines too.

I see what you were getting at here, Art. It does have possibilities, but we maybe need a bit more breathing space from things to do it justice.