Oh Hamlet

Hamlet is a very confusing novel to me. At first I had no idea what was going on or what the characters were saying. I am actually not a fan of what type of old English, just because it is so frustrating to really understand what is being said. However, throughout class reading time and activities we have been doing, I can somewhat now understand parts of it more clearly. Based on the activity we did in class on Friday I can now clearly understand what Hamlet is saying about his mother. He feels as if he wants to disappear and dissolve into mist. He is questioning God, which is a very unique and absurd thing to do back in those times, because everyone was so caught up in the existence of God. But due to the fact that Hamlet’s mother has done such a dramatic thing, Hamlet is forced to question God’s presence. Hamlet feels as if his whole world has turned upside down. His father has only been dead for two months and his mother has already married his uncle. However to look at it from the mother’s perspective, perhaps she felt so weak and she really needed a sense of security. Perhaps the uncle is the closest resemblance to the father and therefore, the mother picked to marry him. Perhaps she misses her dead husband so much that the only option for her was to grab his brother. Maybe he reminds her of her dead husband. And that is not a bad thing…? But two months is a short time. Did she not think of how Hamlet would feel? Is she that selfish? How did she think Hamlet would feel having his own uncle as his step-father? Strange. Kind of disturbing. And as of Hamlet, all he can do is keep his mouth shut. He knows it’s not his place to say anything. But maybe later on in the novel he will stand up for what he believes is right? Will he kill his uncle? Or will he run away from home and never speak to his mother again? All of these questions I have that need to be answered. Hamlet feels angry, hurt, and mournful. Is that the opposite of his mother? Or did she marry the uncle just to cover all of these feelings up? Is she using the uncle as a replacement for her lost loved one? I can’t wait to read more of this confusing novel and hopefully figure out what is happening is at happens!