The Story behind HAMLET......AMLETH...?

Question

HEllo there...im doing a project fro english about the story that Hamlet was based on which is amleth, can any1 help me with this, im confused already...

How is Shakeshpeare's Hamlet different from the orignal Amleth, in what ways are they different?

Answer 1

Online original text:
http://omacl.org/DanishHistory/

Heres some links:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/amleth.html
http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/history/amleth.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(legend) (gotta have wikipedia)

Heres some recommended texts:
- Malone, Kemp. The Literature History of Hamlet: The Early Tradition. New York: Haskell House, 1964.
- Taylor, Marion A. A New Look at the Old Sources of Hamlet. The Netherlands: Mouton & Co, 1968.

As cute as it is, star trek also has an Amleth
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Amleth_Prime

Answer 2

Well, for my newest story, I was inspired by tv. Normally tv inspires me anyways. But this one is different. I was watching Terra Nova on Tv, and even though it wasn't that great of a show, I still saw the potential in it. And then I decided that writing a novel with dinosaurs would be so cool, and something so unlike anything I've ever done before. So then I launched into all this planning with all these different characters, and it was going to take place in the jungle with dinosaurs. Then I continued the planning process and rewrote outlines. Then I started, and wrote a terrible beginning I ended up scrapping. And now I've got the idea down. And the funny thing is, dinosaurs aren't even a part of it anymore. So the thing that really inspired this novel, doesn't even exist in the novel anymore. It does still, however, take place in the jungle, but the idea is almost completely different from the original inspired idea.

Answer 3

Amleth

Answer 4

This should help.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/amleth.html

You could always write your comparison in pig latin. Hamlet, Amleth... nevermind.