Hamlet 7
At the begging of the play, when we first meet Hamlet, he is portrayed as a sad yet kind of a mad man. The reason for this is because his father had died no more than 2 months ago and already his mother had married and worst of all she married his uncle. "But two months dead-nay, not so much, not two. So excellent a King, that was to this hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother/ Why, she would hang on him as if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on. And yet, within a month, A little month, or ere those shoes were old with which he followed my poor father's body, like Niobe, all tears-why she married with my uncle."(1:2, lines 142-156) Throughout the play, Hamlet's mood changes very often and the way he acts towards some of the people change very often too. Hamlet is very insane in act two and three. He takes a group of actors and has them put on a play called "The Murder of Gonzoga." The whole purpose of the play is for Hamlet to watch his uncle and see if he would make any expressions or if he moved around in his seat like he was uncomfortable. When everyone arrived he made his way to his seat and sat next to Ophelia. As Hamlet sat next to her he made bawdy and bitter comments to her. When he was done
Another part in the story that shows Hamlets insanity is when he was talking to Ophelia, in the room that was surrounded by glass doors. At first Hamlet was courteous to Ophelia, but suddenly he turned on her: he denied having loved her and tells her that she should enter a nunnery and that he will not marry her. " Go to, I'll no more on't. It hath made me mad. I say we will have no more marriage." (3:1, lines 158-160) One of the reasons why he said this to her is because he suspected that they are being watch by someone, specifically the King and Polonius, and wanted them to believe that he was mad and crazy. Later that night Polonius went to see Gertrude to tell her that Hamlet was going to stop by and talk to her. When Hamlet arrived Polonius hid behind a tapestry so he couldn't see him. Hamlet's entrance alarmed Gertrude so bad that she cried out for help and when Polonius echoed her cry Hamlet yelled out, "How now a rat? Dead for a ducant, dead." (3:4, line 28) Thinking it was Claudius he ran over and stabbed the person that was behind the tapestry. Hamlet didn't care that much that it was Polonius because he knew that he was in on the plan with his uncle. Hamlet continued his verbal attacks on his mother about how she could just marry another man 2 months after her husband's death. In the middle of Hamlets attack
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Thinking Claudius, , Hamlet Towards, King Hamlet, Polonius Gertrude, Ophelia Hamlet, Guildenstern Hamlet, Murder Gonzoga, King Polonius, mood changes, claudius stopped, king hamlet,
Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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