Act 3 has tons of
things going on. There is a lot of information that is given in this act.
Everyone seemed to be doing something especially Hamlet. I this act however,
Hamlet seems to become harsher and bolder in his actions and words. Act 3
really showed the type of character that Hamlet is.
The character that was
significant in this act was definitely Hamlet. He was all about putting on this
“murderous” type appeal where he is in a way preparing himself to become a murderer.
He is really rude to Ophelia and his mother Gertrude more so than all the
previous acts. He is in full force on showing who really killed his father and doesn’t
seem to care on who he hurts in the process. Hamlet is the antagonist
constantly trying to blow the covers off his mother and uncle causing conflict
intentionally so that others can know the truth. By plying this rebellious, “murderous”
role in this act shows the audience that he is now in action.
The theme for act 3 is
Revenge. This whole scene was about Hamlet going about a way to bring attention
to the fact that he knows the truth. He knows that the king killed his father
and wants the queen to know that she is wrong for loving his uncle. The author
uses revenge in this act to show how rebellious Hamlet is. Hamlet is so desperate
to kill his uncle that he is acting like a crazy man. This theme also brings
out the fact that he is so involved in this revenge that it’s in a way making
him lose his mind. There is even a part in the act where the ghost enters the
room with Gertrude and Hamlet. When Hamlet begins talking to the ghost Gertrude
sees nothing, just Hamlet talking to air. This scene really reflects on revenge
is taking over Hamlet.
There nothing for me to say because you just give the whole summarize of this act. But he also wanted to make his mother suffer because she knew about it and when she tells him to stop he wouldn't and he keep pushing her toward the mirror and ask her to look at herself. It's kind of like revenge, but not really because the ghost came and tell him not to hurt her just let her suffer through it. So, Hamlet calm down from there.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that he is being rebelious, I think that Hamlet is just very conflicted within himself weather getting revenge is the right choice, He could also be going crazy because his whole family is crazy and the people surrounding him are crazy and hiding everything, i feel like he wants to give up but Claudius and Gertrude don't let him ignore the whole problem. If they would have let him go to Wittenburg when he wanted to then he wouldnt have found out about the ghost he would be living a completely different life.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that you call Hamlet the antagonist, because he is the main character and the play follows his point of view, I sort of instinctually identified him as the protagonist, and that everyone around him is causing the conflict.
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