Hamlet is a tale of murder and madness. It tells of Hamlet losing his father and mother to his evil, cruel uncle. The story is filled with death, lies, love, and deception. All the main characters in the story die because of their ambition or loyalty to one side. I did not like that ending.
What I have learned in this unit was the very odd world Shakespeare lived in. The women are not treated fairly and the men think they are very powerful, when in all reality we know women are stronger. In Middle English no woman was allowed on stage to perform in a play. Everything was under the control of men. I think the play Hamlet offends many of the women.
A quote from the play I liked and think relates to today’s society is “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” -Hamlet. I believe it means that nothing is really good or bad in itself, it’s all about what a person takes from a situation. Love the way you lie by Eminem and Rihanna related to Hamlet very well. Ophelia is telling her father about what Hamlet did to her and in this song the man is telling a story about what he did to a woman. In both they are going man from love. It makes them go crazy but even though they do the men know the woman loves them back and still will after they hurt them.
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