Hamlet-izing my thesis.

[kageotogi]

So I've been thinking on the Honors Thesis a little more, and I actually came up with an idea during Shakespeare (gasp!) today, between arguing with Doctor Smith about Gertrude's innocence and the whole inaction-action shindig. Basically, I would be psychoanalyzing Hamlet (this idea was reinforced when Doctor Smith actually read out a bit about Hamlet from one of Freud's publications). I'm not sure what I would say about him, but psychoanalytic criticism is one of the few things I actually enjoyed from Doctor Idris's class last year. So...

The downside to doing a Shakespeare thesis is that Doctor Smith would be my advisor, and I'm not entirely sure (a) that she likes me very much, (b) that I could put up with her obsession with Shakespeare, or (c) she'd be up for it (she's rather ill). Nonetheless, it's a topic that makes both the English major in me happy and the part of me that misses being a psych major (not that I ever really was one; I was just seriously considering it).

I googled a bit to see how do-able the topic would be, and the prospects are pretty good:

Hamlet and Oedipus Rex
Now, Mother, what's the matter?
Shakespeare in psychoanalysis

Those are only a few of the things I've found... so it's very, very do-able. What do you all think? Should I confront my fear of Doctor Smith and give this topic a shot?

Comments

[punkheid.livejournal.com]

I say yes! But perhaps my opinion shouldn't be listened to very much because A) I know nothing about Shakespeare, except that I've seen some of them in ballet form B) I know even less about Doctor Smith C) There is no C, but you can't have a list like this without one. =/

Psychology's always been something that interests me, and if you're the same I think it could be a pretty interesting thesis. So long as your fear doesn't ruin it hehe :S

[kageotogi.livejournal.com]

*giggle* No worries.

I'm a psychology nut; my major was originally psychology and not English (before I realized that I couldn't remember the parts of the brain to save my life), and I still maintain a bizarre fascination for it. So who knows? ^.^

[punkheid.livejournal.com]

Heh, are there many parts? (This could be problematic...) I do hope you do! Then I can pester you constantly for information on it haha! Good luck whatever you choose :)