Shakespearean Tragedy

[Ophelia]

I'm surprised that Shakespeare didn't write a tradgedy on the Story of Vlad.



I was also wondering this, is Hamlet based on Vlad's story? I've read the story of Vlad and watched the movie Hamlet and I saw many similarities.



Son's revenge for fathers death.



Lover commiting suicide.



Prince is unstable



Prince wears all black



Has anybody noticed the similarities between the two?



Talk later,



Ophelia

[Shish-kabob-Forrest]

The similarities you mention are very common between stories of that nature. Things like Transylvania, fighting the Ottoman Turks and using the name: Dracula, are too specific to be coincidences.

Vladislav III was not the type to make a typical romance novel off of. The story of Dracula was very diverse as was the real man.

The only other truly evident case of a fiction story being based on events related to Vladislav III is that there is reason to suggest that John Tolkeins' depiction of the battle of Middle Earth in: "The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King" may have, to some extent been modeled after the Battle for Nandorfehervar (Belgrade) as there were similarities between the 2 almost as obvious as with Vladislav III and Dracula.

[Vlad]

Your digging for similarities may leave you out in the cold.



Why don't you bring a REAL story to this FORUM, rather than a questionable comment ??



Should we associate ANNE Frank's Journal with Marilyn Monroe's??



BTW: Does the bear s.h.i.t in the woods??