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Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Hamlet” has had many adaptations over the years, but one of the most interesting and true to form is Kurt Sutter’s biker drama “Sons of Anarchy.” It’s certainly not a beat-for-beat remake of the play, but the story of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) and his motorcycle club still plays homage to one of the most tragic stories ever told. Like Hamlet, Jax is spurred to act against his mother Gemma (Katey Sagal) and stepfather Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman) by his father beyond the grave. Only instead of a ghost urging Hamlet, Jax is motivated by his father’s posthumous manuscript. And of course, the most telling aspect of all is that Jax is one of many to die at the end of “Sons of Anarchy.”
