Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Notes on Hamlet

I have never read the novel Hamlet before.  The first time reading the play was very difficult for me.  I could barely read the words because it was in Old English, something I was not use to reading.  Now, reading the text of Hamlet has become easier to read.  I can understand what is going on in the play.  I didn’t know anything about the plot of Hamlet or any of the characters.  At the beginning of the play I thought that Hamlet was indecisive because of all his emotions.  But, by the end of Act III, Hamlet seemed to know what he wants.  He was able to function and do what he needed to do.  He killed Polonius without any hesitation.  He did think that Polonius was King Claudius, but he still did not stop or think twice about killing “the rat” behind the curtain.  I think that Hamlet will continue trying to kill Claudius without hesitation.

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