Today when we read Hamlet you had Jonathon and Viki go up and act out the scene where Ophelia is explaining what had just happened between her and Hamlet. You told Jonathon to take of his shoe and scruff himself up. Viki just stood there like the gorgeous creature she is. Honestly at this point I thought you were crazy. I wondered why you felt acting this out was necessary. How could this scene change our views of the play? I was unsure of how his could possibly be important.
So as the scene played out Viki stood there just like beautiful Ophelia. Jonathon stood there in his thoughts and stared too as if she is some rare being. He stared. He held her. Then he sighed. I wondered if he was crazy. And then our class had the discussion. Is Hamlet crazy or is her acting. IS he crazy or does he just SEEM crazy? I believe he is not crazy because he warns people that he might be acting crazy for a while but to not mention what had happened. I think that he has just seen the ghost of his father and he is just reacting in whichever way he thinks he is supposed to react.
Hamlet reminds me of a character in a book I’m reading now because they both let everyone and their actions shape how they are supposed to be. I’m reading looking for Alaska and even though this story does not follow the same plotline as Hamlet, the characters are still similar. Pudge and Hamlet both have a beautiful girl that, at times, seems impossible to get. They both start acting crazy because their friends are near and they shape them into that. The events that are happening lead them to question who they are until they start acting completely crazy. In the novel, Pudge, who is not pudgy at all, gets taped together and thrown into the lake by his enemies at his new school. This event is similar to when Hamlet see’s his father because for Pudge fitting in was the only thing that mattered. He was quiet before boarding school. He never used to get revenge. It was like he did not even know what revenge was. But, this boarding school and this event had taught him what boarding school was. As for Hamlet his father being gone was really on his mind. Hamlet was lost after this event. Completely opposite to what he was before, like Pudge. So not completely alike but pretty close. Both of these characters are easily shaped and have some huge crazy thing happens that changes who they are.
I really wish I had gone to Metamorphoses this weekend because I would have made such a great blog about it. I am so glad that they have more shows! That’s so exciting and I can’t wait. BEWARE: metamorphoses blog coming soon!
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