Sunday, October 5, 2008

hamlet acts IV and V

While I was reading acts IV and V I felt so bad for Hamlet. He now knows that his unlce murdered his father and he doesnt have enough courage to avenge his death. Ophelia, his love dies in the river and he knows that his uncle is out to kill him. There is so much bad going on around Hamlet that even if he wanted to he couldnt look at the good. I think that Claudius's plan to kill Hamlet while he fights Laertes would have worked if Osric hadnt told him. Hamlet now knows the plan to have him killed but still fights anyway which I think makes him a hero. The play ends with everyone dead including Claudius, the Queen, and Hamlet. To me, this is a real tragedy. All the characters were out to get each other and in the end all died.

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