From 11/26/13...
For extra credit on last week's vocab quiz, I asked my students to imagine the last tweet of one of the victims of Act 5 of Hamlet. Here are their responses:
@Hamlet #dontkillyourselfHoratio #tellmycrazystorytothepeopleofDenmark #letFortinbrasbeking
@Queen_Gertrude I'm peacin out of here before I have to see any more death #seeya #queenproblems
@Hamlet Just got stabbed by a poison blade! 'Bout to die #yolo #feelssogood #livingontheedge
@Hamlet Die Claudius Die! #ikilledhim #dadwillbeproud #nowimdying
@queengertrude Thou shall only live once. Literally. #yolo #sketchydrinks
@Hamlet #OMG King Claudius, now former king, is dead! I am now king of Denmark...I'm also dying. #awk
@Hamlet Finally got revenge for my father's death. #killed @Claudius & @Laertes but got hurt and my mom @Gertrude died. Now I'm #dying #dead #goingtoheaven
@Gertrude I am dead, by the drink poisoned by my husband. Pity me #killClaudius
@Hamlet #YOLO I'm dying now, so give my land to Fortinbras. IDC anymore. I have done all I need to.
@Laertes I was just cut by my own poison sword! This did NOT go according to plan. I'm a #goner #yolo #OMG #rememberme
@Hamlet I have killed Claudius #finally #longliveoldhamlet #success #newking #Denmark #sorrymom
@Gertrude I don't really know what's going on but my wine tasted funny #yolo #noregrets
@Hamlet I write this before I go to murder the vile killer of my father. Hope this works! #killer #YOLO
@Gertrude So I guess my husband poisoned me? #dying #myhusbandmeanttokillmyson
@Gertrude I need a drink...#notabstemious #husbandgonecray #hamletgonecray #whyisLaerteshere #yolo
@Gertrude I thought it was just wine.
@Claudius #backfired #currentlydying #Killbypoisondiebypoison
@Gertrude Why the hell didn't I believe my son? #incestiswrong
@supposedlymadwlove Well we all had a feeling this was gonna happen #i'vebeenslain #stupidLaertes
@love1_lovethebrother That didn't taste like wine anyways. #poisoned #mylifeisover #royalprobs #sorryDenmark
@Hamlet End of line #MCP
@Gertrude Oops! #yolo #idrankthekoolaid
@itsLaertesyo @HamletprinceofDenmark Good fight bro. See you up there #stabbedhimfirst
@Gertrude So stoked for the match!! #GOHAMLET OMG I'm so thirst @KingClaudius will there be drinks?
@OG_rude149 Just drank that poison #sodamnclumsy #soshakespearean
@Claudius WHy did I go through all this trouble again? #meandmydumbplans #ohdarn #i'mdead #notgettingoutofthisone
@Gertrude My murderous husband is putting a valuable pearl in my son's drink? #seemslegitimate
@kingclaudius I hope this works! #fingerscrossed
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