Hamlet+3.1-3.2

4. Hamlet says, "No traveler returns, puzzles the will / And makes us rather bear those ills we have / Than fly to others that we know not of" (3.1.88-90). This quote is talking about humans having a fear of death. This quote is not only from the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquoy of Hamlet, but it reminds me of //An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge// because Bierce was also saying that humans have a fear of death; however, the more people fight death, the harder it is to die. Hamlet's soliluquoy is one of the most famous lines of Shakespeare. After this line, Hamlet goes on to say that all humans are cowards which infers that he is calling himself a coward.

3. Hamlet - How could you ever trick Ophelia like that? You go from "I did love you once" to "I loved you not". Those are two completely different statements! In one statement you are saying how you loved Ophelia in the past, but then you tell her you never loved her. She is already confused enough as it is. Do you not think she deserves the honest truth in this situation? Maybe I am just being extra sensitive to how you are treating her because I am a girl, but really Hamlet? I get that you have to worry about what the state of Denmark wants first and Ophelia is lower class, but couldn't you have told her that from the beginning without leading her on making her think you actually loved her?

9. The play within a play would be easy to stage. It starts off with King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude (prior to marrying young Hamlet's uncle) embracing each other in a romantic way while lying against a ground of flowers. Soon, Gertrude notices that King Hamlet is asleep and decides to leave him be. When she leaves, another man, which later turns out to be Claudius takes off King Hamlet's crown and kisses it. Cladius then proceeds to pour poison into King Hamlet's ear which eventually kills him. After Gertrude returns to find her husband dead, Cladius anda few others return to help Gertrude in her distress. Claudiusmakes it seem like he had nothing to do with Kng Hamlet's death. I would love to see Claudius's face prior to running out of the building when the play was happening. I wonder if Claudius realizes that the play is all about him or if he just finds the play downright offensive.