Monday, March 2, 2009

insanity

Hamlet and Ophelia are both as crazy as one could get. Although Hamlets is feigned, he does a very good job playing the part. It would be so hard to be act insane the whole time but Hamlet pulls it off with ease. He is very convincing with his skills in acting crazy. Ophelia on the other hand, is a psycho. When she hears of the news that her father has been killed, it sends her off the deep end and into the looney bin. I know that dealing with a fathers death would be one of the hardest things to cope with, but for the death to lead to insanity, you would have to be very very close with your father. Ophelia and Hamlet are in two completely different situations, situations that they both do not want to be in. Hamlet wants people to think he has gone mad but he really has not, and Ophelia is a psycho but doesnt want people to think this. All in all, this book has been a fun read, especially towards the end with all of the different drama going on.

1 comment:

David Lavender said...

"Hamlet wants people to think he has gone mad but he really has not, and Ophelia is a psycho but doesn't want people to think this".

Stu,

This could provide good fodder for an essay. Think about a speech in which the nature of madness is addressed fairly directly (there are a few, and I'd be happy to help you locate some). Then, you could use a compare and contrast structure (the nature of Ophelia's madness versus Hamlet's).

Could make for a good essay. Let me know what you think.