Baiting in Hamlet

Baiting is used several times through out the play. In the instance where Polonius is spying on Hamlet and his mother... well, that didn't turn out well cause Polonius was killed. And when polonius sent Reynaldo to spy on his son... well, there were no results there. and when Hamlet Baited Claudius that didn't turn out well cause then Hamlet died, killed in a round about way by Claudius who he had baited in the first place... so overall i dont think baiting worked out very well in the play, cause it either has no results or bad ones, as in someone dies. :)

Poem blog

this poem demonstrates paralysis because each paragraph is big and brick-like... so it gives the feeling that its more like solid info rather than a poem.

Answer to Bri's Hamlet question

I'm answering these two questions posed by http://briscshamlet.blogspot.com/. She wrote "My first question is Does King Claudius think that Hamlet is on to him? Cause as soon as the play ends he wants Hamlet taken away to England. The second question is why didn't Hamlet just kill his uncle?"

so, i think that Claudius may believe that it is impossible for someone to know that he killed the king. I think that Claudius thinks Hamlet is just crazy and that in his insanity he may cause Claudius to reveal that he killed the king. Therefore, in order to prevent any more issues he wants to send him away and let the issue "die" away so to speak, ha-ha.

I don't think Hamlet knew who was behind the curtain, and he hoped it would be Claudius. If it was Claudius then he would have killed him, just gotten it over with, since he'd been having trouble with that. Also, if it wasn't Claudius then i guess he didn't really think about it and assumed it was a spy or something.

Hamlet: world views

so, i think hamlet is of course under pressure to become king, considering he is a prince and all. Not only that but he is being forced to inherit a kingdom full of drunkards as he views it. he also thinks all women are weak. Also he is under pressure from what he thinks is his real father, to avenge his death, so he has taken to going crazy and killing people.

Hamlet

i think Claudius thinks Hamlet is faking it because in scene 3.1.167-168 he says "Nor what he spake, though it lacked form a little, was not like madness.". and that's all there is to say about that.

Hamlet Question

on line 3.3.1-2 the king says "I like him not, nor stands it safe with us to let his madness range." Is he saying this because he is afraid that Hamlet knows and this is how he is expressing his anxiousness without admitting his crime? Or is it out of care for Hamlet?

Hamlet never loved Ophelia

i personally think that Hamlet never loved Ophelia. If he really did then could his love really turn to hate so quickly? During his conversation with Ophelia he continuously insults her, particularly in lines 3.1.122-131. Not only that but he picks on her dad too, nobody would do that to the father of the person they love. If he has any feelings for her, i doubt they are love.

Hamlet 3.1 & 2

so, i think that Ophelia is totally in capable of thinking for herself because during her "conversation" with Hamlet she really had nothing to say. Most of the things she said to him were in the form of questions, and if they weren't, they were barely more than a sentence. Then in 3.2.115 she says "I think nothing, my Lord."

I personally think that Hamlet isn't really crazy, he has just chosen to be crazy for the time being. I especially got this impression in 3.1.165 - 167, when even the king says so. Also, i don't think a crazy person could write an entire play that rhymes all the way through. Finally, in 3.2.387 - 398 Hamlets thoughts seem totally together; at that point he was alone.So i think he just puts on the act of being crazy when people are around, but once they are gone he no longer has to, so he goes back to being himself.

I really don't like Polonius though. Not only is he super controlling of his kids, but he just cant get over the fact that Hamlet might not love his daughter. Hamlet even says in lines 118 - 120 that he didn't love her, and Polonius heard the conversation. and then even the King reaffirmed it on line 165. Maybe Polonius just cant admit he was wrong, or he thinks "who wouldn't love my daughter", cause in lines 179 - 181 he's like "eh~ well i think he is just feeling rejected~". He is too stubborn, proud, and controlling. He really didn't do much but bounce around and decorate scene 3.2 with his presence so there wasn't much character development there.

It was kind of exciting to see the King's reaction to the play, though. I am defiantly excited to see what happens next; Hamlet is really starting to get more interesting now.