The Murder of the King

Today in class we found out that Hamlet’s uncle is responsible for the murder of the father. Unbelievable.  Is it not preposterous that a brother would kill his own brother? What has this world come down to? I’d really like to find out why the uncle would do such a thing. Was it because he truly was in love with the Queen? Or did he do it for the title of being the new King? I think it is a bit extreme and sorrowful that the King would expect Hamlet to let go of his father’s death and completely accept his new father. What will Hamlet do now that he has found out about this tragedy? Will he seek revenge and go after his uncle and kill him? Or will he also do something to his mother if he finds out that she had something to do with this murder? The fact that his guards came by and witnessed Hamlet’s absurd behavior once he told them about talking to the ghost, foreshadows that maybe they will too be involved in this tragic revengeful story. I look forward to finding out on what Hamlet will do in revenge. He might be secretive until he comes up with a master idea of how to really make his uncle suffer. Will the rest of the society consider Hamlet a tragic hero or an evil revengeful man? I think he should be considered a hero if he gets his uncle back, because all bad deeds must be punished and even Hamlet believes that “nothing good will come out of this”.

When we saw the scene of the funeral, the “look” that his mother gives to the uncle is a bit questionable. We could either interpret that as her gazing at him furiously with the fact that she knows that he is the one who killed her beloved husband. Or we could view that “look” as her way of disguising herself by crying, meanwhile she actually is happy to be with the new King. Is there some sort of a scheme going on here? Which leads me to question the idea that perhaps the Queen and the uncle had some affair going on before the uncle had killed the King. If that is what was going on, then I am guessing the King was killed because the reputation might have been in stake of the royal family, which is a terrible thing which society despises. Was he killed because he knew and didn’t do anything? And the only way for the uncle’s happiness to thrive on would be to end the life of his dear brother?