Hamlet is Loco.. Isn't He? - Cade Wood
I understand what is being said. I know what we talked about in class and I know what was said near the beginning of the book, but I still think he is crazy. I know that in class we spoke about Hamlet only acting insane to get away with murder, and I know that even he said that about himself. However, are we sure that he is not actually out of his freaking mind? He says that he is acting and if he is then Hollywood sign him because he is doing a great job at fooling me and a few others apparently. I don't think he is acting though. I think that Hamlet might have started out 'acting' like he was insane and then actually went insane. Regardless of if he started out acting or not, he is still crazy in my mind.
It makes me think of the Heath Ledger performance of the Joker in The Dark Knight trilogy. It is argued that Heath Ledger gave the greatest acting portrayal of any villain ever, and I think the reason was that, like Hamlet, he actually went psycho. The dude was a method actor, so he immersed himself in all the insane things that the Joker was supposed to be like in the comics, then he actually started acting like the character after the movie. Jered Leto is another example, also with the Joker and method acting. He supposedly gave the whole cast of Suicide Squad, the movie he played Joker in, a dead pig... who does that? Jared Leto, however, got over the whole insanity thing. Heath Ledger continued to struggle with it until his death. Either way, both of these men tried to act like a crazy person and then went crazy.
I know that these guys are actors and they are real humans. I know that Hamlet is a character in the play. But, when I think about it, Hamlet (as a human in the play) immersed himself in the mind of an insane person to act it out, then actually became insane. I may be completely wrong, but that's just what I saw it.
I commented on Breanna's and Madison's posts
It makes me think of the Heath Ledger performance of the Joker in The Dark Knight trilogy. It is argued that Heath Ledger gave the greatest acting portrayal of any villain ever, and I think the reason was that, like Hamlet, he actually went psycho. The dude was a method actor, so he immersed himself in all the insane things that the Joker was supposed to be like in the comics, then he actually started acting like the character after the movie. Jered Leto is another example, also with the Joker and method acting. He supposedly gave the whole cast of Suicide Squad, the movie he played Joker in, a dead pig... who does that? Jared Leto, however, got over the whole insanity thing. Heath Ledger continued to struggle with it until his death. Either way, both of these men tried to act like a crazy person and then went crazy.
I know that these guys are actors and they are real humans. I know that Hamlet is a character in the play. But, when I think about it, Hamlet (as a human in the play) immersed himself in the mind of an insane person to act it out, then actually became insane. I may be completely wrong, but that's just what I saw it.
I commented on Breanna's and Madison's posts
Wow, I never thought about it that way but I love that so much. I mean as you said, we said Hamlet was just pretending to be insane to get away with his crime but other circumstances say otherwise. I mean if you act like someone or do something for a certain period of time then eventually you pick up those tendencies as a part of your every day routine. He may have started out saying it was all acting, but I agree with you, at some point that changed.
ReplyDeleteI guess you could take this in the sense of trying to be "fake" or living in a lie. Sometimes the intensity of trying to keep up a lie can cause you to become crazy. You feel like you are constantly being watched and there is not time to rest and be yourself. This may have happened with Hamlet. He has tried so hard to come off as something that he is confusing the acting with reality. Could he be crazy? Maybe. I guess the beauty of it is we don't know. Each possiblity plays a new meaning to the story. --Kayla Gill
ReplyDeleteI critiqued a submission for my creative nonfiction class earlier today that goes right along with what we are discussing. We put up a image (a barrier if you will) to hide the truth of ourselves. How we act around certain people, the way we portray ourselves on social media, even the thoughts we have conform us to some ideal or goal we have. Hamlet may very well be crazy if we are all honest, but I think he is simply putting up a facade to hide behind. I guess we will find out soon enough.
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