DRJ#4

DRJ#4

I feel that in this act that major drama was created with the newfound death and murder of Polonius.  Hamlet is on his way of completing his fulfillment of revenge on the murder of his father, and the tides have turned on Claudis. This was actually my favorite act so far with the drama and confrontation occurring.

Ophelia in this act is driven mad by the death of her father Polonius, and rightfully goes after the king and Gertrude for not having a proper bury.  She goes into singing as she maybe reverts into a simpler time in her life when she was with her father as it seemed as if they were close.  Even though, all convey the death of her to be suicide with the way of her death they want to give her a christian burial even though suicide is against their ways. They decide to provide the proper burial as “It must be se offendendo.”

Although suicide may seem like an obvious choice for the theme I decide rather to dive into revenge/forgiveness.  This theme plays throughout the scenes as Hamlet starts getting his revenge, Laertes does the same on the king as he receives the news of the death of his father which may have been an unintentional route of Hamlet trying to create redemption on his uncle without being traced back to himself.

DRJ #2

This act didn’t catch me as intriguing as the first one did but nonetheless I am actually enjoying this.  I don’t feel that I can relate to anyone in this story nor do I know of anyone personally that could relate to in Hamlet, but rather I find Polonius to be similar to a scholar that thinks he knows it all. 

Polonius finds himself able to judge others similar to a therapist, but probably filled with flaws within him.  Polonius seems to be condescending towards Hamlet, but I wonder if that he is just being that way because he has to in order to keep the king happy.  He seems to bring on more drama and anguish on towards the queen as he harps on her son as he is crazy, which would creates such disrespect acting as the main antagonist.

I think that this scene is full of deception and deception on the parts of the King, Queen, and Polonius.  This scene is filled with the three of them going behind Hamlets back and scheming plans at his defense.  “At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him. Be you and I behind an arras then; Mark the encounter.” Polonius continues to acts very shady and hides his identity towards Hamlet.

Hamlet Act 1

       I am not usually a fan of older writing in that I usually have trouble reading and understanding them, but in the case of Hamlet i actually enjoyed it, and look forward to the rest of it.  The story is full of suspense and drama keeping you wondering what will happen next.  I can see the relations of how this story can fit in with even todays society, it seems to fit seamlessly with Hollywood today with the heartache, revenge and betrayal.

              The setting in Hamlet acts as pivotal part of the story showing the chilling world they are forced to live in with the recent betrayal and the death of the former king by his own brother.  I beleive that the act is made to be told to take place in the dark of the night showing the dismal dark time that Denmark is currently in with the death of the king and reign of current king Claudius. The return of the king in his ghostly state I believe further instills that there is fear in the guards during this dark time "Most like. It harrows me with fear and wonder."(1591)

         The betrayal of the deceased king and his country is played out through the characters of Claudius and the queen.  Their relationship is disgusting how the Queen could marry her dead husbands brother, I wonder if she knew that her new husband killed her old one and if she was forced into marrying him because of status or choice.