I think i know why public schools want students to read Hamlet...What do you think?

Question

Hamlet mixes up all the gods with eachother. What a way to make students think mixing religion and worshipping idols and false gods is okay. Is this not an attempt (and just another way) to help them accept the one world religion and the false christ when he returns? For example, there is a man named Matrieya in asia some where, declaring to be the one of all religions, Jesus to christians, budhha to buddhist, and so on.

You people really make me laugh! Ofcourse i have read it! There is much more literature to read then just Shakespears Hamlet! I find it incredibly boring, but i do like the moral and theme of Hamlet searching for and exposing the truth! "Exposing" the truth is good.

Obviously none of you got my point at all! You all think exactly the same way. Which exposes a truth about you.

Conform to the thinking of every one else, with out ever questioning anything.

I like questioning things. We are taught to question things, and then taught, not to question the answer.

Silverbirch...you missed my point. NO, Matrieya is not in Hamlet. He is a man in the world today, that wants to call himself the one that is of all religions, and many already worship him. He is weird.

If anyone wants to fight about religion, why can Hamlet be taught in school, and it makes many references to different gods and paganism, and zues, and chistianity..........There you go, you can talk about and read about religion in school.

Does any one no what a latent function is? Every institution of society has latent functions. I will not explain further on this point.

People attack religion in schools, but here is a mixture of religions in a story.

a very descrete latent function. Not very obvious, unless you question the answers.

Certainly a contradiction, in a secular institution. To understand the story fully, you must also know what gods they are talking about and where they originated.

These answers show how people will read into something, that fits their view of things. Not one of you understood the question. (Well actually one did.) you all missed the point.....

As in hamlets theme....the search for truth, you must ask questions, (and most obviously) like in his story, you will not get an honest answer........unless you digg really hard for it. People will only see what they want to see, unless they realize what they see can be questioned, and Hamlet exposed the truth by having the players act out what happened in front of everyone.

But still this was not my only point. I am done explaining. Nest time i will keep the question simple...so that people like you in here might understand it.

it is obvious to me that no one here really understood hamlet and obviously, anyone who read it, didn't learn a dam thing about it, or you wouldn't have taken a one sided view, that fit your perception of what i was asking, answers that went completely into a different direction that had nothing to do with my question. Obviously, Hamlet was useless in teaching you people anything about the major theme "search for the truth."

i agree that people need to search for the truth. the truth is, a secular public school is in contradiction. you can't let kids pray in school, but let them learn about praying and speaking about all kinds of different gods, and squash them together next to eachother, in a play. Its hypocritical.

also, any person who knows anything about prophecy would know what i am talking about. That is what my question was concerned about. not just this tiny piece ,"a play" but the whole picture, in society. what we teach, and refuse to teach legally.

Answer 1

Could be. It could also be that they want students to read anything except the Bible.

Answer 2

All those books don't have anything to do with present govt manage or the ACLU... feel me. They do have political agendas, however they're agendas from the Fifties-70s. Most of the ones pressures just like the silent revolution from the communists have handed. But within the method, we have created an complete grownup populace that has learn those books or must have learn them, and such a lot of our literary examples have connections to those books. Thus, scholars in these days nonetheless maintain to learn them on account that the studies may also be very priceless later in lifestyles whilst you have got to show that you're good learn and informed... they have got grow to be a type of 'social capital.'

Answer 3

There are more things in heaven and earth, Amanda, than are dreamt of in your religious conspiracy theory.

William Shakespeare is considered by many, if not most, to be the most influential writer in all of English literature, and _Hamlet_ is one of his greatest tragedies, if not the greatest. No man is an island. Each of us must learn to live in the world, try to get along with others, and find our place in the scheme of things. That's part of the rich essence of _Hamlet_: the difficulty of living in a world that does not revolve around us. Every school child can relate to that and learn from this brilliant, complex play.

Answer 4

You know, it could just be my little soapbox, but anything that makes school children read rather than rely on tv, movies, the computer all the time is a -good- thing.

From there, what happens when they have to read the Tempest, will you complain about teaching them about consorting with the demonic? How about reading Pride and Prejudice because the values shown in it of women are archaic?

From there, please note that, you know, it is classic literature if you've ever read it, which actually shows a good sense of value and has a good moral to it. If you need to know the moral, I will gladly try to have someone come around and explain it to you.

Answer 5

I still don't see how Hamlet 'mixes up all the gods with each other'

Hamlet is one of the greatest pieces of literature the world has ever known. It SHOULD be taught in school.

Answer 6

"For example, there is a man named Matrieya in asia " What, in Hamlet?

It is more than good liturature, it is great liturature. It can tell the whole history of the universe through a story. Had Shakespere even tried to do as you suggest, he would have found himself on top of a bonfire.

Answer 7

Hon, it's this little thing called "literature". Shakespeare is one of the most famous, classic authors. How could you teach English and not have students read Shakespeare?

By the same logic (yours, that is) Shakespeare also talks about witches and the occult (ex. Macbeth). Aren't we promoting all that by teaching Shakespeare?

Answer 8

I think you need to take off your tinfoil hat. Hamlet is a fine piece of classic literature. That's why it's such a standard part of the curriculum.

Answer 9

You obviously have a great deal of creativity and a highly imaginative mind. Would you consider putting it to more productive use?

Answer 10

perhaps its cause hamlet is a great english story and used all throughout history. this isnt a spur of the moment teaching mind you. if you dont like it homeschool your own children. who are you to tell everyone else how to raise their child?

(my point being, stop trying to find something in everything. cs lewis has witches and magic all over his narnia books, how come i dont hear christians complaining about that?)

you only see bad things you WANT to see and are ignorant to everything else around you.

Answer 11

Actually, they want students to read Hamlet probably because it's a very good piece of literature.