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Get thee to a nunnery
- Words from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare ; the advice Hamlet gives to Ophelia when he bids her live a life of celibacy.
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Some were poignantly placed, like bringing in Hamlet’s “Get thee to a nunnery” speech after she, as a teen, was threatened by the child’s father out of getting an abortion.
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When Hamlet rebuffs Ophelia in the “get thee to a nunnery” scene, it is as heartbreaking and cruel as Shakespeare intended, all the more so because Negga and Duffin play their characters as if they’re truly in love, or were.
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The essentials: Get thee to a nunnery — or perish.
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The takes, for example, are extremely long — the “get thee to a nunnery” scene lasts nearly 10 minutes and is composed of only two shots.
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But Andriy Rusanov is far bolder, telling critics to "Get thee to a nunnery".
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