Act V Feedback

Team,

Now that all of are postings are complete, let me reveal the answer to Act V, i.   I like the gravedigger because:

1. He is clever.  I like clever.  (Jon Stewart, the cartoon contest)

2. He is philosophical.  I like philosophy. (Voltaire, Dostoevsky)

3. He proves that life experience is just as valuable as formal education (Bear Grills, Elie Weisel, Steve Jobs)

4. He shows that social class does not define who you are, which is half of what drove me to become a teacher.  Despite what I wrote in #3, formal education does matter.  If Gravedigger #1 had had the opportunity to attend Oxford, he could have been the King of Denmark.

In fact, that's how the play should have ended.  Forget the norms of Shakespeare's day.  Forget Fortinbras...

The Gravedigger is King.

- Mr. Paul