You are not required to answer this post- but I'd like you to use it for your general Hamlet questions and comments. Discuss your assigned act, a soliloquy you don't quite understand, or whatever other question you might have.
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Why has Hamlet captured audiences for so many years? What is it about this play that continues to inspire and enthrall people over 400 years after it was written?
Why doesn't Hamlet just kill Claudius???
Is the ghost a good ghost or a bad ghost?
Why is Fortinbras important?
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I know I am not required to post... but I have decided to contribute to the blog anyway. I think Hamlet ended perfectly. Most of Shakespeare's tragedies make me so sad but this one really turned out well! Everyone who should have died, did. There are no unanswered questions and I was able to understand why and how everything happened the way it did. I loved how Hamlet found some peace before he died which made the end even more suitable. Overall, i loved it!
Why doesn't Hamlet just kill Claudius???
He lacks the will to act for what he believes in, he's kind of a wimp.
Is the ghost a good ghost or a bad ghost?
The ghost is good because he reveals the truth about his death to Hamlet. He could also be seen as a bad ghost because he is the root to Hamlet's pursuit of revenge.
The ghost is a good ghost because he has the right to want revenge on his murderer; it makes sense why he would come back and ask his son to kill Claudius. The context seems to suggest that the ghost is either in Hell or purgatory, so it is not a fun place to be either way.
Fortinbras is important because is provides a foil for Hamlet and makes Hamlet decide that he has the right to punish Claudius for his father's death.
Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius in the beginning, one because it would make for a horrible Shakespearean novel and two because Hamlet is an idiot. He may be a good and moral guy, but if the ghost of your father comes back to tell you to avenge his death, I don't think there should be a question of morality. A murder for a murder, I guess is what I'm trying to say. I understand that Hamlet wanted to get around it if possible, but he should have just done it! That was my only complaint about this play. Otherwise, I actually liked it and understood it much more than I originally thought I would.
And I think the ghost is bad because he knows he is setting his son up for death. Like I said earlier, a murder for a murder. Well in the end, if Hamlet murders Claudius, someone's gonna have to kill Hamlet. And the ghost just kind of threw a burden on his son's shoulders, along with the burden of his father's death and his mother's quick remarriage. The ghost is kind of a jerk to me. Also, the ghost can't be good if he is in pergatory. He must have done something to condemn him there. I don't know, but I thought the ghost was almost an enemy to Hamlet, even though he is the propelling force that drives Hamlet to eventually, forever after he should have, way too late, kill Claudius. Haha. I hope you enjoyed my rant Mrs. Charbonnet.
You can't just walk up to the KING of a country and kill him with no reason or proof supporting a claim of murder.. he was just waiting for the right time! and he finally got it at the end when it was kind of late and everyone else was dying..
I agree with hillary when she says, "Everyone who should have died, did."
But I believe the ghost was not completely good or completely evil. I think of the show ghost whisperer when i think about the ghost of King Hamlet. He's still around because he has unfinished business, not because he is evil or pure. His unfinished business was to tell Hamlet to avenge his death and go through with it and stayed focused. The staying focused was to make sure Hamlet did nothing to Gertrude, his mother. That was the one question unanswered to me. Like Mallory said, "A murder for a murder." I would say, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
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