Monday, February 22, 2010
The great soliloquy
Is it weird that I want to write a soliloquy? I feel that maybe it could make all of my thoughts make a little bit of sense. But Hamlet didn't exactly hit the nail on the head in his... What was going on in his head? To be portrayed as such a smart guy, his inner articulations made nearly no sense and were complete awkward. I have decided in my analysis of my soliloquy that Hamlet is not that intelligent. He isn't even one of those annoying people who thinks he is too smart to believe in God, he just thinks the complete opposite about spirits and God as anyone else. If anything he believes more than most people because of his clear belief of his ghost father. So maybe Hamlet is just plain gullible. Maybe he is one of those people I absolutely LOATHE. The people that act like they know EVERYTHING when they know nothing and trick all of the other people who know nothing into thinking they know everything. He even tricked me! But only for so long. I figured him out. So really this whole play is about some dumb, confused guy who goes all "christ figure" and dies for nothing. If he really wanted to get back at Claudius he would have thought of something better than simply killing him (and everyone around him). I am thinking that maybe Shakespeare was not trying to make Hamlet the smartest guy after all. Perhaps he was criticizing the way we face our fears or combat against injustice whether it is in our own lives or displayed around us. Does Shakespeare feel that leaving things alone and living your life the best way you can will lead to revenge? After all, Fortinbras did come in the end of the play and he most likely would have taken mercy on Hamlet since he was in nearly the same situation as himself. Hamlet clearly did not think his plan through which would make sense if he was younger but he is thirty years old! He should really be able to make a plan that will genuinely help him because he is carrying on for his father. Perhaps Shakespeare is analyzing juvenile qualities in adults because some people never grow up. It would seem appropriate for Hamlet to not be able to grow up because he grew up in a castle as a prince. Perhaps with everything being catered to him, he lacked the ability to know right from wrong and make an educated decision about what to do. So what is this play about then? It is about a young man's inner struggle to find his place after his father's death. He clearly made the wrong decision but what is the right one? We'll need a Hamlet 2 to explain that one
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