Today in class, we continued to discuss Act III, Hamlet's soliloquy. In the soliloquy, Hamlet went from his fear of the uncertainty of death to all the choices in life.
- The idea that thinking about things makes us not want to do things. We get all excited about doing something, but then when we think about the consequences, we do not want to do it anymore. It is the fear of making a bad decision, so it is better not to choose at all.
- In the soliloquy, Hamlet mention about suicide for the second time. Is he suicidal? Hamlet is unsure of what death may bring, and he fears possible damnation of suicide. Hamlet says that not only does each living person discover death for himself or herself, but also that no one can return from the dead to describe death. He says that suicide is the one way to find out, but he fears death might even be worse than all the sufferings in life.
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Valentine's Day Class Discussion:
We watched two renditions of the "to be or not to be" speech.
1) Mel Gibson in Franco Zeffirelli's version: In this version Hamlet said the soliloquoy after he encountered Ophelia and fought with her. This is a complete turn around of the text. Hamlet says it in the crypt looking at graves. In the fight with Ophelia he sees Claudius and polonuis hide and then approaches Ophelia. He does not seem too affectionate towards Ophelia but is enraged when she tries to return the gifts.
2) Branaw version:
All text is completely said and in the correct order. Though the "to be or not to be" soliloquoy is said in front of a two way mirror so Claudius and Polonius hear the whole thing. Then Hamlet sees Ophelia and they are very affectionate, but then Hamlet is very abusive with Ophelia.
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