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message 1: by Rachel Adiyah (new)

Rachel Adiyah I think that whomever started this list should know that this particular line from Hamlet, "Get thee to a nunnery," was not a reference to actual nuns or convents, but to prostitution. By the time that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, England was pretty much anti-Catholic, and brothels were referred to in a demeaning fashion as "nunneries", with madams called "abbesses". This line from Hamlet has Hamlet sneeringly telling Ophelia to get to a brothel because THAT'S where she belonged.

You might want to change the title.


message 2: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Aquaponics for Beginners. This has nothing to do with nuns or other religious orders.


message 3: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Rachel Adiyah wrote: "I think that whomever started this list should know that this particular line from Hamlet, "Get thee to a nunnery," was not a reference to actual nuns or convents, but to prostitution. By the time ..."

The man who started this list taught Shakespeare for 50 years so I am sure he knew this.


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