Last week we translated the prologue as a class and considered the question ‘Why does Shakespeare tell us the ending at the beginning?’ Ebeneezer made the well-observed comment that it forces the audience to react differently to the play. We discussed how ‘pageturners’ are all about how the plot advances, yet here we focus on the motivations and consider what could have happened if events had been different. We will return to this often as we read the play as it is central to our focus on fate.
React!