The reason I took this picture and how it relates to Hamlet is in the way that Hamlet might think he is not the same as his king, he might tell him self he is not as cruel as his king, but in the end he is, you are not better then anyone else specially when you are trying to kill the person who killed your farther. Revenge is not always the best solution, and two wrongs don't make a right. So they are both the same even though they might think there different, and that's how this picture relates to the play.
Sunday, 12 January 2014
The reluctance that hamlet feels towards killing king his
uncle I think comes from two different things. I think that it comes from, one
not being too sure if he wants to kill someone, but then strikes a man in a
curtain without knowing who it was so clearly it might just be hesitation.
Secondly wanting to make his uncle sweat so Claudius understand why he is doing this as we see when he puts on a play which is the re-enactment of his fathers death to see his reaction, as we see in Act 3 Scene 2 line 50 to line 90. Hamlet wants his uncle suffer
and really feel bad for what he did before he kills him. If I am correct on why
he is so reluctant on killing his uncle I think that it’s silly what he is
doing it's actually quite insane, he is somewhat of a Chris McCandless from
the book Into The Wild, he does what he wants and no one really knows what goes
on in his head, they are both very hard to figure out, also we see character changes in both. In Chris he goes from hatting his family and people to forgiving them and realising what he had was something he should of cherished more. Hamlet his change is quite similar but it revolves around death, at the start of the play he was scared of death scared of the unknown but at the end we see he finally is ready to die. What Hamlet is doing is not something you can describe with silly, what he's doing I
would use more of the word psychotic which is a synonym for
madman which is
the only word I can think of that relates to enjoying the suffering of someone
before killing them. And as we can see there are some weird things going on in
his head. In the end I think that what Shakespeare wants us to learn from
Hamlets reluctance is that there are some insane people in this world and there
will always be and that just maybe also, no matter whom you are or what the
situation is it is hard to kill a man in cold blood.
The reason I took this picture and how it relates to Hamlet is in the way that Hamlet might think he is not the same as his king, he might tell him self he is not as cruel as his king, but in the end he is, you are not better then anyone else specially when you are trying to kill the person who killed your farther. Revenge is not always the best solution, and two wrongs don't make a right. So they are both the same even though they might think there different, and that's how this picture relates to the play.
http://www.swifteconomics.com/2009/04/15/a-status-quo-you-can-believe-in/
The reason I took this picture and how it relates to Hamlet is in the way that Hamlet might think he is not the same as his king, he might tell him self he is not as cruel as his king, but in the end he is, you are not better then anyone else specially when you are trying to kill the person who killed your farther. Revenge is not always the best solution, and two wrongs don't make a right. So they are both the same even though they might think there different, and that's how this picture relates to the play.
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Hi Chris... I would copy and paste your post and do a spell check. You want to fix many of the spelling and punctuation errors. Look in particular at your use of apostrophes and capitals. Also, you make some suggestions as to why Hamlet delays in killing Claudius. Pair each of them up with a specific quote that would support your position. Use the text of the play as evidence. For example, you state that Hamlet wants to make his uncle "sweat"... do you have proof of that? I really liked your connection to Into the Wild... think about how society views McCandless' actions as crazy or mad, but were they? Not too different from Hamlet. Also, consider how Chris changes his view of his family and of life by the time he dies, but by then it's too late. Hamlet is also going to be changing his view towards mortality and death by the end of the play. that is a good way to extend your learning.
ReplyDeleteSo: spell check, apostrophes, add evidence. Finally, include the source for that picture you have chosen in the 'caption' area. Please explain why you chose that picture. How does it relate to Hamlet and this particular question. Thanks Chris.