The Play Within the Play and the Insanity -Sydney Snow
The famous play within the play (no one actually calls it that, but we will today). Hamlet's big plan to expose his uncle/step-dad. His plan does work, but not in the way he plans. Hamlet basically ruins the night for everyone not intertwined in the wicked act Claudius committed. He tells the king and queen his knowledge and the king stops the play and turns on the lights. Play over!
Anyways, back to something relevant. If I'm not mistaken. Shakespeare is writings in a time where you have please the monarch with your writings and not bash them in public. If what I am saying is correct, then it is pretty ironic to me that he would write a play that contains a play to make the monarch in the story look bad. He is slick with his writings, and I love it.
Can we also talk about the how Hamlet plans to kill Claudius? He decides not to kill him when he had the chance because he was praying. Hamlet also believed that if he killed him mid-prayer that he would go straight to heaven. So, he decides to wait until he is committing a sin to kill him so that he will go to hell. Someone should have told the prince that what he is thinking is not how things actually happen. I find myself laughing a lot during this act because of the little things like that and irony of the play.
We discussed in our last class that Hamlet may actually be going crazy from pretending to be crazy. And I believe that that statement is true. The little things like the spoiling of the play and his mindset on the whole prayer situation with Claudius make me believe that statement even more. He is letting himself become who he is portraying. Even the moment he killed Polonius supports that statement for me. He kind of just forgets about the whole thing and moves on to his next murder.
Also, 10/10 would recommend this tragedy to Netflix to make a series based off this poem. I know there are several movies made from this, but imagine binge watching Hamlet for a week straight.
Sydney Snow
P.S. I commented on Zane's and Hannah's post.
Anyways, back to something relevant. If I'm not mistaken. Shakespeare is writings in a time where you have please the monarch with your writings and not bash them in public. If what I am saying is correct, then it is pretty ironic to me that he would write a play that contains a play to make the monarch in the story look bad. He is slick with his writings, and I love it.
Can we also talk about the how Hamlet plans to kill Claudius? He decides not to kill him when he had the chance because he was praying. Hamlet also believed that if he killed him mid-prayer that he would go straight to heaven. So, he decides to wait until he is committing a sin to kill him so that he will go to hell. Someone should have told the prince that what he is thinking is not how things actually happen. I find myself laughing a lot during this act because of the little things like that and irony of the play.
We discussed in our last class that Hamlet may actually be going crazy from pretending to be crazy. And I believe that that statement is true. The little things like the spoiling of the play and his mindset on the whole prayer situation with Claudius make me believe that statement even more. He is letting himself become who he is portraying. Even the moment he killed Polonius supports that statement for me. He kind of just forgets about the whole thing and moves on to his next murder.
Also, 10/10 would recommend this tragedy to Netflix to make a series based off this poem. I know there are several movies made from this, but imagine binge watching Hamlet for a week straight.
Sydney Snow
P.S. I commented on Zane's and Hannah's post.
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