Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth | Themes
Communication
Communication is the central theme of Dogg's Hamlet, and it provides a means for connecting this play to Cahoot's Macbeth. When the play begins, the schoolboys speak, using English words such as "Brick!" and "Cube," but they use them in ways that are unconventional for the presumably Englishspeaking audience. For example, when Abel tests the microphone, he says, "Breakfast, breakfast... sun—dock—trog . . .,’’ a phrase that, in English, means ‘‘Testing, testing ... one—two—three. For Stoppard's readers, he includes translations in...
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