The Readiness is All

As seems to happen every time, I'm intoxicated by Hamlet. Consider yourself warned.
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I mentioned Shakespeare's contribution to the vocabulary of the English language. See for yourself. How was there no word for "bedroom" before spritely young Will came along?
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Harold Bloom, the best-selling critic of the last half-century, wrote "Shakespeare is my model and my mortal God." And so what does he think of Hamlet? "It is a testimony, indeed, to the power of the mind over a universe of death." Fawn much?
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From the Department of Practicality: searchable Hamlet full-text. If my past experience is any guide, many of you will find this useful in writing assignments to come.
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And lest I link too rhapsodic, some perhaps-needed levity from the bowels of YouTube.

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New weekly image is from the 1603 edition of Hamlet.