Hamlet: Shakespeare Retold - William Shakespeare

HAMLET: SHAKESPEARE RETOLD nShakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy!n n nn nWritten line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing.n n nn nQuickly understand each character, each plot twist, each convoluted phrase, each befuddling reference. Never get stuck on Shakespeare's language again! A perfect guide for actors, students and the inquisitive, Shakespeare Retold breathes new life into the most intoxicating, beguiling and often frustrating words in the English language.n n nn nTo be, or not to be, that is the question, n n To live, or not live: I have to wonder.n nWhether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffern n Would I find greater honour if I sufferedn nThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, n n The stinging pain wrought by my wretched luckn nOr to take arms against a sea of troubles, n n Instead of fighting back against my troubles, n nAnd by opposing end them?

• To die: to sleep;n n Which, doing so, would kill me? Death. I'd sleepn n