Act 3 Scene 1

In this scene we finally see Hamlets famous part, his "to be or not to be" soliloquy. His part is significant because he essentially asked himself weather it was better to be alive or dead. He ultimately decided to live because it is better than the unknowing world of the dead. Not only that he is afraid of what might happen if he kills himself. Soon after his line we see Ophelia approach him. In this instant we get an exiting exchange between the two. I kind of imagined Hamlet being a bit aggressive towards Ophelia when this occurred and Ophelia sort of just taking it. I would imagine she would act afraid and surprised by Hamlets responses. She is essentially doing this because she is worried about Hamlet. Knowing that it is a plan devised by the king and her father. She plays her part while knowingly being watched. It seems as if Hamlet is alone in this play. I wonder if anyone will join his side later on in the play.

So i finally read act two and theirs quite a bit. In scene one we see Polonius, Reynaldo and later on Ophelia. In this first act we see Polonius taking to his servant Reynaldo about spying on his son, Laertes. Polonius tells Reynaldo to spread rumors about his son in order to see what the people think of him. I honestly dont like Polonius hes quite annoying. Every single time he speaks he rambles on and on about absolutely nothing. And i dont understand why he wants to spy on his son hes kinda of a weirdo. Anyways later in the scene comes Ophelia and shes talking about what Hamlet had done. I spoke about that incident in an earlier post so i wont waste my time repeating the same thing. But really thats scene one. Now, Scene two is where we see the juicy stuff. Act two we see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. These are two of Hamlets friends. They came because the king and queen asked them to come and see what was going on with Hamlet. Hamlet obviously knew from the moment he saw them what was going on. He told them what the king and queen wanted to hear. Later on Polonius comes back to see just how crazy Hamlet really is. They argue a bit and Hamlet sort of plays the crazy act. Im really not sure if Hamlet is acting that way to trick people or if he actually is going a bit mad. Anyways later comes a band of actors and one actor recites a speech about Greek mythology. Hamlet cries and at the very end of the scene we see him angry and sad that he cannot feel the way the actor felt when he was reciting the speech. But ultimately we see him come up with a plan that will make the king confess to the murder. He will organize a play about a brother who kills his brother and will see if the king will feel guilty enough to say something. I dont really think it'll work but im glad Hamlet has evolved into this fox like character. It'll make for an interesting story.

Act two scene one was just a bunch more of crazy Hamlet. In this scene their is a particular part in which Hamlet and Ophelia interact and Hamlet seems to act a little crazy. He grabs her and said nothing the whole time then suddenly leaves. shakespear hasn't really explained what that whole thing was for but i guess we can make some predictions. I personally think he wanted to desperately tell her about his father and what had happened. He needed someone to confide in but he couldn't tell her. She was too weak and would tell her father and everyone would think he was crazy. Another alternative is perhaps he really did just love her so much but he realized he could not have her. I really hope this gets answered in later parts. We'll just have to wait and see.

• So far Hamlet has been my least favorite character. I mean this guy has some serious daddy and mommy issues. Too bad anti-psychotics hadn't been invented yet so i guess he'll have to deal. So far the story has progress so much in act 1 that its a little confusing at this point. But heres is the gist of it. His dads brother married his mother so his uncle is also his step father. AND funny thing is that his uncle killed his father. Kinda funny honestly just how messed up this all is. Anyways we know this because that mysterious ghost that looks like his father was in fact ACTUALLY his dad. I mean way to mess with a kids head huh? Now Hamlet wants revenge. OH and theirs a girl. I mean isn't their always? Ophelia is a young noble woman of Denmark who is in love with Hamlet. Shes kinda a wimp to be completely honest. Shes such a weak character and that's why i don't like her. She needs to start having a voice of her own. Anyways her daddy told her to stop sleeping with Hamlet so she was like, "oh ok" *insert sad face*. I guess thats really the gist of act 1. 

Hamlet Act 1

Wow, Hamlet is weird, like I mean really weird. Theirs a ghost, soldiers and a bunch of weird old saying like "tush tush", what more do you need? Despite all the weirdness and confusion I first felt when reading this play I kinda got a sense for it and made some realizations. These soldiers or I guess they were called sentinels, are actually in Denmark. Yea I know what you're thinking, Denmark the happiest nation in the world, what can possibly be so interesting there? Well actually a lot of things, we know they're in Denmark because they refer to the Dane. This is directly referring to the Danish king who I guess these sentinels were guarding, possibly a castle or a territory, we dont really know. We also know that these men are loyal to the king and are terribly frightened of this ghost that looks like a now deceased past king. Honestly im still a little confused about all this thats going on. So much is happening in a little moments time. If only Shakespeare would have included instructions on how to act out these scenes. I would love to know how and when these characters come in because its still very unclear and making a mental image is quite hard. Despite that I kinda like play. It creates this bleak but also fast paced atmosphere that is truly unique. Maybe because its in Denmark and its freezing cold that I feel this way. Nonetheless I cant wait to see how to play progresses.