Sunday, August 28, 2016

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.

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