Lessons from Hamlet

It's been a while since I have read Hamlet, but the play has provided many life lessons for me, which I have taken to heart.

Lesson 1: Mist can look like a dead king. It's when the mist starts talking to you that problems may develop.

Lesson 2: A young, grief-sticken man is not the best person to go to with tales of ghosts.  

Lesson 3: Throwing yourself on a man can have disastrous consequences. Such as drowning.

Lesson 4: Gravediggers have a bad habit of throwing remains about. Learn to duck in cemeteries.

Lesson 5: When Hamlet is normal, he speaks in poetry. When he is losing his mind, he switches to prose. Look for this trend among your friends. This is how the world works.

Lesson 6: Trying to prove a family member of yours killed another relative is difficult. Enlist the aid of the police.

Lesson 7: Speaking madness, whether there is method to it or not, should be avoided. Else your mother will call your friends.

Lesson 8: Speaking to skulls might scare people. Do so in private.

And those are the best lessons I have learned from one of Shakespeare's greatest works! Deep? Not really. Certainly keep me alive and well, though!