Oh Hamlet! We haven't even started the play and just from background information I already fear for his sanity. During the Renaissance they had something called: The Chain of Being. What is that you ask? Well, the Reader's Digest version is that the Chain of Being is the hierarchy of the world, humanity, animal kingdom and flora/fauna of the world--with some twists and turns.
The power point will go over in class is about fifty-one slides. I know--I know, but it's pertinent information. Hamlet really believes in the hierarchy of this--which why it drives him crazy that his mother has turned to his uncle before his father's corpse is cold. If I lose you in class today, feel free to peruse the Great Chain of Being power point at your leisure.
Figure out where you fit in the "Great Chain of Being" or do you think it has drastically changed?
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