last words on behalf of Ophelia

Ophelia may you rest in peace for you will be greatly missed. my beloved best friend, ill always remmember you of what a great person you were. when i was alone you would be there for me and inspire me to never give up on love, no matter how much i wanted to do. Ophelia was a loyal friend and such a sweet heart to everyone she came in contact with. You did something no one has attemtped to do, win over the Prince's heart. Hamlet loved you more than he has ever loved anyone, and you should know that when he found out that you have past, he was heart broken. he shouted declaring in agonized fury his own love for Ophelia, “forty thousand brothers / could not, with all their quantity of love, / make up my sum”. Ophelia was such a beautiful young woman who cared so much for others. i am here to tell you that this young lady loved Hamlet more than anything, that she risked the fact that he was the Prince and of not being loved back. I always told her that she's living the fairy tale all us girls dream of. if Ophelia was here with us right now she would be dressed in a beautiful dress and her hair cascading down her back, and tears in her eyes for the lost ones. but that was just thing about her, she's an innocent young lady, the type that you see walking down the street with a smile on her face. just two weeks Ophelia and i went to the castle for a royal ball. we had the time of our lives, but when she saw Hamlet see feel to pieces, all she wanted was a dance from him. i want to end on a good note with my regards to Ophelia, you deserve the best, and shame on those who patronizing on such a wonderful young lady. your brother misses you so much and is lost as to what to do now that you're gone. If tears could build a stair way, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. Ophelia i will miss you greatly and forever remember our days spent together, you're with you father in heaven now. i love you best friend! <3 R.I.P.

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what should Hamlet have done?

i personally believe that Claudius is King Hamlet's cause of death for sure now because for one the mousetrap dumb show the way he reacted and also when he was asking for forgiveness he said something along the lines of how could i honestly ask for forgiveness when i did what i did to have the crown and the queen. i dont know about you and i guess its because its a different era but i wouldnt kill someone to get what i want, would you? no, most people wouldnt. there's a thing called working hard for the things you want. and no Claudius might not of ever gotten the Queen but he could of had a fair chance at the crown. idk he just bothers me this whole play, probably just the fact that he married his brothers wife!

since the mousetrap worked and Hamlet (now in his mind knows that Claudius murdered his father) is going to kill Claudius but when he find him he's pray for forgiveness. Hamlet than decides to wait to murder his unlce for he wants to send him to hell not heaven. do i agree with Hamlet's hesitation? in a sick way yes. only for the reason that Claudius deserves to go to hell for what he has done to his brother. now Hamlet will kill someone also, so should he go to hell? no, and i cant exactly describe my thoughts on this but isntead he should go to penetration.

a bit later Hamlet went to his mothers room to speak with her, and he heard nose from behond the curtain, of which he thought was his uncle/the king, so Hamlet draws his sword and stabs the person behind the curtain right infront of his mother. afterwards he decides to look and see if it was actually the king but instead it was his girlfriend, Opheilia's father, Polonius. what a mess he just made for himself, why didnt he just look or tell the person behnid the curtain to reveal themselves? one should never assume, itll make an ass out of you and me, my father always told me and this is exactly what Hamlet just did to himself. not only does everyone think hes going crazy already, he just killed Polonius, they're going to think he's definitly crazy or has become insane. now what if he kills Claudius? that'll be the second man that he will kill, he's going to kill him anyways. and the rest of the people will only look at him as a madman out of control.  then what will Hamlet do? only time will tell...

"essere o non essere"

the other day in class we watched four different versions of Hamlet, which displayed the famous speech; "To Be Or Not To Be". before i begin to explain my thoughts on each short clip, i think its important to discus why this speech has been filmed in four different ways. just like when all directors film a movie, they change the story and make see what fits best in their opinion. same exact thing each of these directors did with this one speech.

so when i was taking notes during the films i wasn't exactly sure with the first version we saw, who the director was, so when I'm talking about each film, they'll be in the order that we watched them.

the first version was displayed with Hamlet not "actually" speaking, it was as though we were inside his mind and we could hear his thoughts. which i found that tactic very interesting, it was a more personal level. perfect perfect perfect! although there were things i did not like. the scene when he walked out onto the balcony, he could of thrown himself over; yeah it adds to the intensity of the situation but it just did not wow me.

the second version (Mel Gibson i think) was displayed with Hamlet in the basement where his father lays, speaking as though to him, and asking him for guidance while he weights out life or death. the setting in this version is the best out of all i thought. very raw, honest emotion, and his speech was SO passionate! his body language was very on point; ie. when he drops to his knees. i don't know i liked the first version but then i saw this one and i changed my mind completely. the emotional tool just took me by surprise while watching Hamlet speak. then to top it off, at the end, the light shined in on his face, which made me think of Jesus when God shined the light on him, welcoming him home.

the third version (Kenneth i think) was displayed with Hamlet looking at himself in the mirrors, as though he is his opponent or challenging himself. this version i haven't, from the beginning, been found of. i don't see the emotion need for this scene, except in this version Ophelia interrupts at the end of his speech, which the audience knows its because her father is spying on him to know if its because of him that Hamlet has gone crazy.

the modern version takes place in a blockbuster, you have to be kidding me!!!! i couldn't even watch this version because i honestly feel brain cells dying while watching it. reminds me of those stupid movies that make fun of other movies. ie. 300 -> meet the Spartans.

enough said.

The First Ghost Scene in Hamlet

Three different versions of Hamlet; the ghost scene have been displayed in class. Personally i cannot choose between the first version with director Zeffirelli and the second version with director Branagh; if only we could morf the two together, in my opinion it would portray the play much better. Franco's version i loved when Hamlet (Gibson) in the scene while running with the intents music right before his encounter with the ghost; "his father". Yet the way Zeffirelli's actor of Hamlet (which is the director, Zeffirelli) partied the arrival of the ghost on a more emotional level i felt more interested in what was happening. anyways the third version of Hamlet by Almereyda, in my opinion was too modern for a Shakespeare play, so overall i would not recommend anyone to watch it.