My Reflection of Hamlet was very brief and descriptive on the matter of understanding the language. My opinion on the language would be at first it was difficult but as I started to listen to it started to make perfect sense. Some of the language was very difficult. One example of how I understood the language was the part of To be or not to Be, that is the question. I didnt get what it was saying or what it meant, until Mr. Boland broke down the language when we did the soliloquies when I started to read it and saying it To live or die which one is better, and is it questionable.
The first scene that I will always remember is the scene where Poloniuss son, Laertes was with Claudius, the current king of Denmark, where they are planning the death of Hamlet. Because of all the people to have kill Hamlet. Why pick Laertes? Why couldnt the king just kill Hamlet himself? I believe that the king was scared of Hamlet because he is so smart. I also think that it was a very smart technique on how they were going to kill Hamlet.
The second scene was the most shocking scene. It was when King Hamlet was killed. I thought that this was an amazing turning point to what had happened. Young Hamlet knew something had been wrong and he finally knew what had happened. The deceased king then told Hamlet that he had been murdered, and to avenge his death. I also believe that Hamlet held off killing King Claudius for the simple fact that since he was forgiving himself for what he did at the time he would be sending him to heaven.
My third most memorable scene would be all the confessions of the plans that were being plotted in the kingdom and how some of them turned out to be nothing anyone was expecting. First off the plan with King Claudius and Laertes backfired and as a result of that Queen Gertrude was poisoned, which was meant for Hamlet. Then because of the simple fact that because of King Claudiuss lack of vision he got Polonius and Laertes killed. So because of a lie three innocent people were killed and another was drove insane. This could have all been resolved if only King Claudius would have told the truth. I believe the saying that you reap what you sow and I also believe in one lie makes even a bigger lie and ends you up in a mess of things you cant get out of.
In conclusion, I believe that my understanding of Hamlet has dramatically improved by the way it was presented to me. Also my entertainment level of Shakespeares play of Hamlet has also made me grow to enjoy it. If I could change anything about it I wouldnt it is just too good of a piece of Literature.
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