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Post by toomuchchanmin on Feb 13, 2016 16:04:16 GMT
No work is perfect, even something masterpieces like Citizen Kane (and my mom's food) has flaws. Hamlet is no exception.
One of the flaws I found was Gertrude as a character. She doesn't do anything really, and she has barely any lines (so far) compared to other characters. She just feels like she is there for the convenience of the story and the plot. She is the main reason why Hamlet gets mad and goes on a murderous scheme. All we know about her is through Hamlet's accusations among his many monologues (such as "incestuous").
Anyways, do you see any other problems with Hamlet?
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Post by lucia on Feb 14, 2016 5:55:37 GMT
I agree. I think female characters like Gertrude and Ophelia were very unappreciated and did not fully show their characters. I think one of the reasons is because they were played by male actors in that period, which means that their expressions and emotions were kind of limited. And because of this, we don't get any explanation about why Gertrude actually married Claudius; all we can do is make uncoolumptions about her thoughts and beliefs.
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Post by Jonathan on Feb 14, 2016 6:42:21 GMT
No one is perfect and that applies to Shakespeare too. He isn't perfect. I can see some characters such as the guards except like Horatio has no role after the first scene. As Chanmin mentioned, Gertrude doesn't have much of a role right now. However, we do know the relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude. Shakespeare might have covered the relationship in later part of the story. Or it can be just to make sure the story is able to be written in 5 acts like all of his literature.
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Post by jin794 on Feb 14, 2016 8:06:16 GMT
It is true that Gertrude and Ophelia were not treated well. I think it is because in that time period, men was in higher social status. Also, when Laertes gives advice to Ophelia, he tends to use a forceful sexual imagery, referring Ophelia uncool "chase treasure open, and unmast'red importunity".
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Post by christopher on Feb 14, 2016 12:17:09 GMT
No one is perfect, even for Shakespeare. It's true like some characters like Gertrude and the two guards had no particular appearance in the play. Even for Reynaldo too. Though minor characters are there for the sake of the plot, it seems like scenes involving Gertrude and Ophelia were significantly less than when men were in the scene. I agree with Jin, it might be because of the culture back at the time period.
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Post by ETypeRegymon on Feb 14, 2016 12:41:35 GMT
There's the convenience of Hamlet being saved by pirates on his way to being killed in England. Why was that ship attacked all of a sudden? Was their any indication of pirates before or after that moment? Who knows, maybe, but from the summary we watched, it looked like a deus ex machina, or just a contrived resolution to a problem. There might be ghosts in the story, but this is more unrealistic than that.
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