On 2008-04-23, Steven L. <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Barry Margolin wrote:
>> In article <FsqdnfzdJrk4I5PVnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Joseph Nebus wrote:
>>>> The Conscience of the King
>>>> The Plot:
>>>> Kirk suspects the leader of a Shakespearean troupe is Kodos the
>>>> Executioner, presumed dead for 20 years. (Tivo)
>>> I think one thing that you missed, was that the plot of the episode
>>> itself was cleverly structured to be parallel to Shakespeare's
"Hamlet".
>>> And with the Karidian players performing Hamlet aboard the U.S.S.
>>> Enterprise, we had a play within a play:
>>>
>>> Kirk ==> Hamlet
>>> Dr. Leighton ==> The Ghost
>>> Lenore Karidian ==> Ophelia
>>> Kodos ==> Claudius
>>> Anton Karidian ==> Polonius
>>>
>>> Like Hamlet, Kirk is wrestling with whether to act against Kodos ("to
>>> be, or not to be"). Like Hamlet, Kirk arranges for a play to be
staged
>>> to expose the murderer. But the play that Kirk arranges is Hamlet, so
>>> we end up with a play within a play within a play!
>>>
>>> So the plot of the episode roughly parallels the plot of Hamlet.
>>
>> And of course, there's the additional reference that the title of the
>> episode is from a well known line from the play: "The play's the thing,
>> wherein we'll catch the conscience of the King." Which describes what
>> Kirk/Hamlet do in their respective stories.
>
> You know, I saw that episode as a kid, and that whole thing went over my
> head. Only after I read Hamlet in high school did I realize that
> Roddenberry had indeed made a Trek episode out of the Hamlet story. It
> probably went over the heads of a lot of other American viewers in 1966
too.
Shakespeare is a dish best served cold...
Put the subject in cryogenic hybernation before administering.
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