DRJ #3: Hamlet, Act III
Initial reaction: Ophelia suicide was a turning point of
grief and pain. To this I observed a lot about of people who’ve felt life is not
important and perform a suicide. Don Cornelius a well knows TV host of the Soul
Train show reportedly performed suicide. It became a shock to everyone. The
emotions people go through mentally of not feeling love, depression, pain, and
stress from there environment. The thought process of configuring is it all
worth it to stay in this earth realm. I really feel people get fed up of seeing
hurt or the way the life has become and wanted to end it to get peace.
Character Analysis: Hamlet fidgeting ways of processing life
and death. Act III, scene 1 “To be, or not to be?
That is the question—whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?” Is it worth the while to stay
in the current state of mind and deal with people and all that they bring forth
to the table or is it easier to kill yourself and have a peace of mind of not dealing
with life (Hamlet, pg. 1631)?
Theme Analysis: It’s a Time/ Mortality thing going on. Hamlet
taking all this time and making is plan to catch the murderer fall to what he don’t
to his father. There is a lot talking, watching, but no action to performing. Hamlet
made a whole play to read off his uncle and his mom actions of guilt. Later in the story Ophelia mindset became
boggled with hurt. Ophelia was singing, crying, yelling, and mourning of her
father death. It led to her suicide of drowning herself. To me all that time a
person stay with there self you never know what they are capable of doing to themselves
to feel a sense of comfort.
I can also see the time and mortality theme with this Act as the famous line by Hamlet encompasses to live or not to live, to die or not to die, to act or not to act. It is an all encompassing angst that at one point of our lives we reach a crossroad, and that choice can be life changing.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the theme of mortality, although Hamlet so often goes beyond that. He seems to be preoccupied with the though of Heaven and Hell so much that it causes him to continually delay his actions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the theme of morality, but I feel that Hamlet focuses too much on the fact of heaven and hell... it slows down the killing process.
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