HAMLET-W.Shakespeare

scalia_dario — 2017-04-03 16:18:28 UTC

Premise that is the first book in english I have read, I think it's so addictive and easy to understand, although it was written about 1600.
When Hamlet's father the King of Denmark dies, Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, marries the dead king's brother, Claudius, who takes the throne. Hamlet meets his father's ghost who tells him that he was murdered by Claudius and Hamlet decides to take revenge. Hamlet pretends he is mad and rejects the love of Ophelia, the daughter of the king's counsellor Polonius. In order to prove that his father was murdered, he asks a group of actors to perform a play, called The Murder of Gonzago, in front of Claudius to see his reaction. During the murder scene, Claudius goes out of the room in apparent guilty fury. Hamlet then accuses his mother of having betrayed his father's memory by marrying Claudius. During this scene he hears a noise behind a curtain and kills the intruder, thinking it is Claudius, when it is in fact Polonius. Hamlet is then sent to England to executed him but he escapes and return to Denmark. Ophelia drown herself, and her brother Laertes decides to avenge his father's and sister's deaths. Claudius arranges a duel between the two and gives Laertes a poisoned sword, but his plan fails and both Hamlet and Laertes are wounded by the same sword. At the end, Gertrude drinks a poisoned cup intended for her son and Hamlet kills his uncle, Claudius, before he dies too.

DRACULA-B.Stoker

scalia_dario — 2017-04-24 15:27:28 UTC

Dracula, written by Bram Stoker, is a very fascinating book that I recommend to all Horror lovers, as there are vampires and scary events. Horror, however, is not the only feature that characterizes this book, in fact, the final reserves some strokes, such as Count Dracula's unexpected death, considering his many victims. Another important thing is that despite me, as almost all in my opinion, I knew the story of Dracula reading the book was not at all boring; Indeed it has proved to be very interesting, revealing some of the deeper aspects of Count Dracula's history. As mentioned earlier, the book is characterized by the presence of vampires including Count Dracula; Which is reached in Transylvania by John Harker (English Real Estate Agent) to conclude a deal. Harker, not knowing the Count's strange nature; Who locks him in his castle, remains terrified and seeks escape routes, meeting numerous hazards such as the knowledge of the three vampire women. Afterwards, Dracula heads off to sea in England; Where strange events begin to happen. Finally Harker is able to return home and after the count's numerous victims succeed in killing him, piercing him with a pole of ash to his heart.

Extensive reading by Dario Scalia

HAMLET-W.Shakespeare

DRACULA-B.Stoker