Well, for one thing, Hamlet is 400 years old, and Harry Potter is about 10 years old. There's a lot more TIME for people to obtain copies of Hamlet. Also, Hamlet is often a school book, and therefore a lot of people would presumably have copies. And, hm, there might be the fact that, in my opinion, Hamlet is the greatest play ever written, while Harry Potter, while amusing, is most definitely not the greatest anything ever written.
I don't know; if someone told me that I was going to a desert island, and I could have ONE of those two books and no other book, I would choose Hamlet without a moments hesitation. Then again, I have a very high opinion of Hamlet.
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Date: 2007-01-29 04:02 pm (UTC)I don't know; if someone told me that I was going to a desert island, and I could have ONE of those two books and no other book, I would choose Hamlet without a moments hesitation. Then again, I have a very high opinion of Hamlet.