Act 3 - The Development of Hamlet
Hamlet, to me, appears to not be crazy. This act makes me believe that Hamlet is actually incredibly cunning. He seems to be able to turn on and off his craziness, which makes me believe it is just an act. His response to Ophelia and his advice to her that all women are liars and that they should only marry foolish men shows another side of him that I did not really see before. I thought he was only depressed and possibly crazy, but now I think he has changed from depressed to angry and violent. The way he stabs blindly into the curtain shows his rage against Claudius is insanely strong, because he stabbed someone behind a curtain when he thought it was Claudius. However, his rage is not enough to overtake his wit, because his plot to reveal the king through the play is genius. Hamlet was developed from a depressed, crazed man into a vengeful, angry, shrewd man in this act.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
1 comment:
I defiantly agree with what you have said about Hamlet. I don’t think he would be able to control himself if he was truly mad. Also if he was mad he would not have been able to pull of the whole play thing with Claudius. I mean he could be mad but at this point is n the story I find it hard to believe that. It will be interesting to see what Hamlet does in the upcoming scenes to prove his sanity.
Post a Comment