Thursday, December 6, 2012
Hamlet soliloquy
As Hamlet is talking to Ofelia, he is clearly presenting in his eyes her flaws. These flaws are not picky but more honest then anything. Hamlet describes how Ofelia is fake. Hamlet describes her to be full of makeup and not being herself, not the way god had made her. This fakeness irks Hamlet and causes him to cancel the marriage. Now what Hamlet says is clear, but how he says is even more clear. Hamlet is furious. He is enraged and full of fury because Ofelia's lack to be herself. He says i'll no more on't. It hath made me mad. These two lines are two primary examples of Hamlet calling of the wedding but as well as dehumanizing Ofelia, calling her it, showing his lack of respect for her because she can not respect herself. Hamlet is not wrong in saying that Ofelia has to be who she is, but his deliverance with anger is very off-putting and later on causes her brother to hate Hamlet of hurting his sister like that.
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