{"id":1407306,"date":"2019-12-20T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1407306"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:52:18","slug":"28-rejected-titles-shakespeare-considered-before-finally-settling-on-hamlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/28-rejected-titles-shakespeare-considered-before-finally-settling-on-hamlet\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Rejected Titles Shakespeare Considered Before Finally Settling on Hamlet<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Coming up with titles for things is hard, which I know from the 72 combined hours I’ve spent thinking of names for the paranormal space opera I haven’t yet written and, in all likelihood, will never actually write. (Would you read a book about a werewolf who wants to destroy the moon? Be honest. Your options are \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cobviously.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not even William Shakespeare was immune to the soul-sucking creative deficit that comes along with trying to craft the perfect title. So before he settled on the short, sweet, and enduring Hamlet<\/em>, here are a few things I’ll bet he considered along the way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> Murder Most Unnatural<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> An Antic Disposition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> \u201cGet Thee to a Nunnery!\u201d and Other Things You Probably Shouldn’t Scream at the Woman You’re Trying to Flirt With<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> One Man’s Battle with Crippling Indecision<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> How to Speak to Ghosts (The Trick is to Be College-Educated)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/strong> Turns Out It’s Not All That Easy to Murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/strong> Polonius, Stop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.<\/strong> \u201cThe Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks\u201d (and Other Lines People Will Confidently Misquote for the Next Four Hundred Years)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.<\/strong> A Series of Regrettable Decisions by the Danish Royal Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.<\/strong> Who Is Fortinbras Again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.<\/strong> The Time for Revenge is Now (Or Just Whenever You Feel Like It, That’s Fine Too)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.<\/strong> Stabbing People By Accident: Hey, It Happens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13.<\/strong> Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark, and It’s Hamlet’s Attitude Towards Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.<\/strong> Always Be Ready for Pirate Attacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.<\/strong> The Best Revenge is Living Well, Also Murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.<\/strong> Is It Better to Be Dead, or Alive? Who’s to Say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.<\/strong> A Fictional Play That Speaks to Everyone’s Very Real Fears about the Question of Royal Succession<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.<\/strong> The Art of Touching Skulls and Having Poignant Thoughts About Them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19.<\/strong> I Know You’re Really Sad About Your Dead Dad, But Have You Tried Not Being Sad?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20.<\/strong> The Pros and Cons of Just Dying Already<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21.<\/strong> The Time for Ghosts is Midnight, As Everyone Here Knows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22.<\/strong> Life is Just a Series of Moments Between Existential Crises<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23.<\/strong> Procrastination: A Play in Five Acts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24.<\/strong> Horatio’s Philosophy and Why There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth Than Are Dreamt Of In It<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25.<\/strong> This Harrowing Descent Into Madness Involves More Dirty Jokes Than I Was Anticipating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26.<\/strong> Everyone Gets to Avenge Their Dead Father Except for Ophelia, Who Gets to Be Crazy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27.<\/strong> Maybe Having the Wedding Immediately After the Funeral Wasn’t Such a Good Idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28.<\/strong> And That’s Why You Should Never Eavesdrop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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