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So I pretty much procrastinated my homework to the max, but thanks to Mother Nature who created a massive mid-April snow storm I have today to finish it! The assignment is to relate Hamlet to the contemporary issue of suicide by selecting a list of five songs (on suicide or afterlife) and describing in a cute little paragraph how the lyrics compare to the play. I pretty much fail and could REALLY use the help. Here is an example of what I am looking for (I realize its shitty writing but I?m in a hurry). Please rec me some songs you think could work and thank you!! | | 1 | Brand New
Jesus Christ
This song relates almost exactly to Hamlet?s uncertainty and concern with where he would go, (or anyone would go) if he did commit suicide. "The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?? in this Hamlet is saying that no one returns so how could they know what happens after life, the ?undiscovered country? being afterlife. Hamlets concern is not with death its self, he considers that to be a release, but rather with what comes after, where he will go. This relates to the lyrics, ?Well Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after? followed by the ideas if what might happen. This lyricist is frightened by the same concepts Hamlet was. The lyrics, ?Cause my bright is too slight to hold back all my dark? has the artist debating whether he has done enough good to overpower all the bad he?s done, and whether he has done enough good to go to heaven, which I believe is something Hamlet is also pertaining to. | | 2 | Band
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Yeahtoast
04.14.10 | Duse pick a song off Metallica's Ride The Lightning and look up the lyrics, they're all to do with suicide and death! Not sure about the relevance but I'll let you figure that one
The Bleeding by Five Finger Death Punch MIGHT be useful it's about a bad relationship that resulted in a suicide, sort of relevant to Hamlet and Ophelia I guess
Inside The Fire by Disturbed is about something similar where the girl has died and the devil tries to persuade the man to give up his life to be with her again
hat's the best I can come up with, sorry if it's no help =/ | Yeahtoast
04.14.10 | That's* | Banion
04.14.10 | i will def check those out, thanks for even replying man, i thought for sure no one would, hah. | SrightryEpic
04.14.10 | Elliott Smith sort of comes to mind with suicide, like on King's Crossing "I can't prepare for death anymore than I already have" ? I'm not really sure, in what way is it supposed to link in with suicide or the afterlife? | Yeahtoast
04.14.10 | No problem man, if anymore spring to mind I'll let you know :) | Masochist
04.14.10 | Try A Perfect Circle's "The Outsider." It has to do with the singer bearing witness to a tragic downfall and wanting to have nothing to do with it beyond trying to prevent it. I think if Hamlet were a bit more out of love with Ophelia, it could very well be about her (except in modern times). | SrightryEpic
04.14.10 | I'm not really familiar with Hamlet, but I'm going to hazard another Elliott Smith song with The Biggest Lie - "oh we're so very precious you and I, but everything thing that you do makes me want to die". If it's not at all relevant wellllll idk :3 | Banion
04.14.10 | Srightry, it’s suppose to be more of a, "my life sucks, but I don’t know what happens next, so I don’t know whether to commit suicide", sort-of thing if you relate it to "to be or not to be" part. And thanks ill look at it. | Prophet178
04.14.10 | Check out Yonlu, the whole album was released posthumously after he committed suicide, so it shouldn't be hard finding lyrics that relate. | SrightryEpic
04.14.10 | I can relate with that, but no songs are coming to mind at the minute. | Yeahtoast
04.14.10 | http://www.songfacts.com/category:songs_about_death.php
http://www.poemhunter.com/songs/death/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_suicide
http://www.songfacts.com/category:songs_about_suicide.php
Go nuts ;) | Banion
04.14.10 | yeah i know i thought it was a pretty decent topic, just fricking hard to find songs on. I'll check out Yonlu that sounds like it might work. | Yeahtoast
04.14.10 | Oh and by the description you gave srightry Fade To Black is your song!! | mmfarva
04.14.10 | You can BS relevance, just take the five best suicide songs you can find. | mmfarva
04.14.10 | And right as a read this, a song comes on lastfm called Seaside Suicide. Gotta love crazy coincidences. | Banion
04.14.10 | i wish i was creative enough to bull shit my way through. aha, perfect. | YouAreMySilence
04.15.10 | Funeral Diner - Collapsing. | Yotimi
04.15.10 | Park - Dear Sweet Impaler | Banion
04.15.10 | haha shut up brandon | PearlDrummer20
06.14.10 | Bohemian Rhapsody? |
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