To Be REAL or not to Be Real (Allegorical hands that turn the time)

[Dave Williams]

> "That's metaphysically absurd, how can I KNOW what you
> HEAR?"


And how do you hear anything with your mouth so full.  

Hawthorne is  full of humor; you just don't get it. Act I scene 1 of Shakespeare's R&J (a romantic tragedy) is very funny. But 9 out of 10 students of Shakespeare never hear it. Maybe try the Norton Critical HSG.