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Your task here is to have a little fun (I hope). Look at the examples given below for ways that Hamlet has been adapted to popular culture songs.
Be sure to cover the following requirements:
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Write your own version of a song about Hamlet (the play, themes, characters, and their relationships) and fit those lyrics to a popular song.
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Provide me with a link to a YouTube video of the song beneath your lyrics so that I can read your lyrics with the song’s music and put them together in my head.
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Include a
1-2 paragraph creative note about why you selected that song (mood, tone, rhythm, and how those elements impact the parody. *Provide examples*) and which elements from Hamlet you are encapsulating (the whole play? a particular scene?) and why you chose that element.
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If you are particularly brave and talented, you can record your lyrics with the music. (Perhaps find a karaoke version of the song and sing along.) This step is not a requirement.
Examples created by students to the tune of:
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AMAZING by One Direction (
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THE REAL SLIM SHADY by Eminem (
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SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW by Gotye (
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THRIFT SHOP by Macklemore (
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WRECKING BALL by Miley Cyrus (
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SEXY AND I KNOW IT by LMFAO (
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