I’ve seen “arras” used twice already this week. And, while I may have come across this word at some point in the past, I think it is a bit weird to see it twice this week and today is only Tuesday.
As some of you may know, I majored in English and up until my senior year, I was an English Lit major. I hastily switched to English with a writing concentration just so I could take a creative writing seminar from one of my favorite professors. This, my friends, is how I have the degree I have and I never had to suffer through a journalism class. But, believe me, after not one but two linguistics courses, I more than made up for the suffering.
All of this is to alert you to the fact that aside from the time I had to read Romeo and Juliet in junior high, I’ve never really cared for Shakespeare. I know this is blasphemy, but I don’t give a fig. I’ll say it again–I don’t care for Shakespeare. I’d rather find out all manner of interesting things about his life, his times, the Globe, etc. I just don’t want to read his poetry or his plays. With all of this said, it is with great pleasure that I share with you this adaptation of Hamlet.