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An Hamlet gefällt ihr höchstens die Szene, in der Ophelia Hamlet fragt, was er liest, und der Prinz ihr antwortet: »Worte, Worte, Worte.« Für Laura besteht die ganze Kultur nur aus Worten, und die sind ein ungedeckter Scheck.
On the other hand, Laura doesn’t give a damn about Aristotle or Shakespeare. The only scene she likes from Hamlet is when Polonius asks him what he’s reading and he answers, “Words, words, words.” For Laura, world culture is expressed in words, and words are a bad check.
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