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[Broco]

I searched my ebook copy of I Am a Cat for “shakespeare” and here’s what world-famous early 20th century writer Natsume Soseki has to say about Hamlet

A similar conception can be seen at work in the Japanese practice of viewing the so-called Bridge of Heaven by bending down and peering backward between one’s parted legs. Seen thus, the sea and its reflection of the pine-trees on the sandbar appear like true pines reared into the sky, whereas the true pines and the sky appear as trees reflected upon the water. It is indeed a remarkable effect. Even the works of Shakespeare might be more thoroughly appreciated if they were re-examined from unorthodox positions. Someone, once in a while, should take a good long look at Hamlet through his legs. Presented upside-down, that tragedy might earn the bald remark “Ye Gods, this play is bad.”