The Sopranos and Hamlet
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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Literary critics such as I. A. Richards point to the last line of Hamlet - "and the rest is silence" - as a masterpiece of ambiguity, because "rest" could mean remainder or death. Can the same be said about the unexpected cut to black at the end of The Sopranos? Will David Chase have a place in history along with Shakespeare?
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Literary critics such as I. A. Richards point to the last line of Hamlet - "and the rest is silence" - as a masterpiece of ambiguity, because "rest" could mean remainder or death. Can the same be said about the unexpected cut to black at the end of The Sopranos? Will David Chase have a place in history along with Shakespeare?
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