Returning to the classroom after raising a family, Patricia Geaney Kerrigan was fortunate to teach twelfth graders, whose curriculum included Hamlet. Her passion for the play and her conviction of its allegorical meaning grew each year. In retirement, her continued interest in the play has resulted in HAMLET In Defense of the Faith, in which she explores the connection between the play and two ancient texts. Patricia and her husband live in Massachusetts. Having grown up an Army Brat, she considers many places to be home.