Modernism

I probably would guess that Shakespeare was not a modernist. For one, his play is under control to a degree. I mean it could be worse, what if the second Hamlet saw the ghost he went Steven Seagal on the whole kingdom. That would have been entertaining and chaotic, but that is not Shakespeare. Anyway, you could make a case that everyone is going crazy and on the other hand they could just be faking; so I can not make an accurate judgment on the chaos within the play. Also, if Shakespeare wanted to make the play more chaotic, he would have had more dynamic characters. Like R and G would have been stoners who decide to lead a revolt, Gertrude would have had an affair going on while she was married to Claudius, Ophelia would have been whoring and Polonius would have been gay- Claudius and him were good friends. Anyway, that's all I got to say... not really, but I'll give it a rest for a while.

CRAZY OR NOT CRAZY

Quite honestly, Ophelia is genuinely insane. I could list all those crazy love songs that she sings about Hamlet, but I'm not going to because my blog would become dense and cumbersome. Anyway, when someone starts using words like "beatufied," I'm assured that something is wrong with the character. I feel as if all the characters in this play reflect how Hamlet wants the world to be. For example, Hamlet thinks all women are weak; therefore, Ophelia now looks so ridiculously stupid that she becomes frail and useless. Now I have a question for who or whatever may read this, why does Shakespeare have no "good" characters; I mean Polonious was a rat, Claudius is Cain, Hamlet is Shylock (MERCHANT OF VENICE), Gertrude lusts every guy she sees, Ophelia is psycho, Guildenwhatever and Roschaya are as good as trees, the Ghost is in hell, Laertes might be good, but what can we say is good about him- he wants to kill Hamlet.

Duh its a ghost

#2- Why isn't the Queen able to see the ghost since he was her husband?

I now would speculate that Hamlet is completely crazy and Hamlet is on some kind of drug like Ecstasy. Obviously, this is a figment of Hamlet's imagination, or what if Gertrude is lying to Hamlet and she can see Hamlet SENIOR? I can not answer that because I am not inside Gertrude's head, but if I was a bet she is lying to her son.

How my parent's want me to think

Hamlet's parents have influenced his thoughts drastically. First, Hamlet thinks his whole kingdom is a bunch of drunks because Claudius and his mother are always drinking. In scene 1.4, Hamlet says, "They clepe us drunks," and he obviously associates being king with being krunk. Anyway, his father probably had him under the illusion that he would succeed his father as king. His parents probably informed him that he could not choose his wife, but rather the people would. I get this from inference because he says "I loved you, I never loved you" to Ophelia. I get the impression that Hamlet's saying yeah your good looking and I had a thing for you, but in reality, it could never be and to me it never really happened either. Furthermore, Hamlet has also been influenced by his father's view that revenge is a necessity in life. The ghost of Hamlet reminds hamlet, "do not forget" revenge... the i for an i view of life.