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Post by mayurika98 on Apr 9, 2016 0:39:51 GMT
So the pre-trial interviews took place and it allowed us to see the different perspectives and imaginative stories of each character. I think a good story always leaves the reader with questions unanswered, which allows them to think deeper and come up with their own stories. This is what the biographies of the characters allowed us to do. I saw many interesting backstories on each character in Hamlet. Shakespeare also left may parts of his story unanswered. For example the huge question of "Does Hamlet actually go mad or is he just pretending?" is not cleared up through the whole play. This leaves room for the reader to make uncoolumptions and pick sides.
What was another part that you guys felt you could have explored more in Hamlet or you wish Shakespeare would have answered?
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Post by juliaj on Apr 9, 2016 8:14:43 GMT
I kind of like that Shakespeare left things like deciding if Hamlet was crazy or not up to the readers because it reflects real life. However, it would be nice to know more about who Ophelia gave each flower to because everyone seems to have different opinions.
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Post by jonah21 on Apr 10, 2016 1:01:12 GMT
Kind of similar to my thread, I actually wanted to know more about Fortinbras. He just seems placed in the story to give somewhat of a tension, but not really. Fortinbras doesn't seem to play any sort of significant role in the story. He doesn't interact with characters only until the very end. To me, he seemed to need more character buildup instead of the way he was portrayed in the story. It left me wanting to know more about him.
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Post by Jonathan on Apr 10, 2016 1:01:41 GMT
I am the kind of person who doesn't like unanswered questions and prefers clear-cut answers, so I wish that Shakespeare could have made it clear at one point of the play of Hamlet's madness. One point where I wish Shakespeare could have answered is whether Ophelia really committed suicide or not. We know that she fell into the river and drowned, but perhaps it was accidental and she couldn't swim. Even the rest of the characters in the play are not 100% sure if Ophelia had committed suicide.
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Post by Emily on Apr 10, 2016 1:04:58 GMT
I wish that we could have learned more about Laertes at France, and if he was really the troublemaker his father thought he was. Before Laertes left for France for college, Polonius was worried that Laertes may end up causing more trouble and misbehaving than actually studying, so he gave Laertes a long list of advice to follow, then to back it up, sent Reynaldo as his spy to watch him to make sure nothing bad happens. We are not sure if Polonius is trying to be a caring, loving father, or an overprotective, untrusting father.
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Post by Jooyoung on Apr 10, 2016 4:43:16 GMT
Like Julia, I would really want Shakespeare to answer to who each flower was given to. Depending on what each character received, symbolism and purpose may all change. For example, if Rue was given to Gertrude it may mean adultery. However, if Rue was given to Claudius, it would mean regret and repentance.
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Post by maysamyounis on Apr 10, 2016 4:43:22 GMT
I think hamlet story it just was the reflection of society and many people. and if he was really the troublemaker his father thought he was. And then Shakeapear prupose is to reflect the socity in that time. And to show woman role in the socity. And Hamllet action was the only instance. becasue the age mather , and he was young and he being to plan in a worng way. And used woman tool of maniple .
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Post by jin794 on Apr 10, 2016 7:41:36 GMT
It is true that a good stories always leave the reader with numerous questions and they are usually immortal. Despite time difference, people read and discuss stories. I think one reason for Shakespearean stories are immoral is a different interpretation for each readers. For example, Hamlet's recent change of gone mad behavior. It really depends on how people view Hamlet. I would like to know why Horatio was the only survivor in this story. Also, I would like to ask Shakespeare about was King Hamlet ghost real or not.
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Post by Tharu on Apr 10, 2016 8:06:32 GMT
Ophelia's death would be a biggest part of the story that was left mystery. As sunny mentioned before in a previous post somebody could have murdered her. Nobody knew about her death until Gertrude came to Claudius and Laertes and told that Ophelia died. So the biography helped us to dig more into the part of her death.
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Post by lucia on Apr 10, 2016 8:33:11 GMT
I also think it makes it more interesting to leave things unclear, like Hamlet's madness. If I could ask Shakespeare a question, it would be about Gertrude's motives and morals. When I did a research on Gertrude for Act 1 Essay, I learned that the females roles were played by men in Shakespeare's plays because women, by law, were forbidden to to perform in the Elizabethan Era. I think this made it harder for the audience to understand or relate to the female characters in Hamlet, such as Gertrude. We still don't know why Gertrude married Claudius after King Hamlet died. But this is basically what causes the rest of the conflicts in the story, therefore, it is better to be left unanswered by the author.
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Post by Jessica (Yeeun) Kim on Apr 10, 2016 9:12:47 GMT
If I have a chance to ask Shakespeare, I would have more than one questions. For me, Ophelia was the most interesting character through out the story. For this reason, I will ask him “Does Ophelia suicide or not?” and “Does Laertes think about Ophelia more than his sister?” This is because Shakespeare used confuse relationships between sister vs brother, and mother vs son(Gertrude vs Hamlet).
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Post by melody on Apr 10, 2016 11:06:30 GMT
Agreeing with Mayuria, Shakespeare did make many of his intentions unclear. That derived many of the readers curious and wonder about each of the character's personality traits in the story. Shakespeare made the readers doubt if Hamlet was really crazy. Not only Hamlet, but Shakespeare didn't make Ophelia's death clear, Gertrude's intention of marrying Claudius, and the father ghost's existence (if he's really existing or just an illusion of Hamlet). Shakespeare made each of the character personality simple but very complexed which made us able to discuss about the characters. Although, it's not clear of Shakespeare intention, I liked how he interpreted each character by not revealing much of their personality. However, I am really curious of one thing which is about Gertrude. I wonder how Gertrude felt about Hamlet's father and Claudius because this will determine a lot of the storyline. I have many theories about Hamlet and Gertrude's relationship and this draws a lot of conclusions which will never clear the conclusion.
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Post by erickim on Apr 10, 2016 11:53:07 GMT
I like stories that does not end in a straight way but leaving questions that has not been answered. I like how shakespeare didn't say whether Hamlet was actually going crazy or not. Also if the ghost was real or just a random demon who wants tragedy
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Post by anniee on Apr 10, 2016 12:22:49 GMT
I would have liked to see the story of Hamlet from other characters' perspectives. In our version of the story, most scenes were in Hamlet's eyes, so if we're not careful, we could have easily sympathized with Hamlet because we only saw things from his perspective. We read along to Hamlet's realization that Claudius killed his father, Claudius's attempt to uncooluncoolinate Hamlet overseas, Claudius's manipulation of Laertes to fight a duel to Hamlet, etc. The events made Claudius seem like the bad guy of Denmark. However, what would have the story seemed like from Claudius's, or Gertrude's point of view? Would Claudius still have seemed like the antagonist?
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Post by kevv on Apr 10, 2016 14:34:07 GMT
I agree with what Annie said where the play was basically from the view of Hamlet, but I think that it would have been better to understand each others perspectives if the play was written in third person and looking at the situation from different kinds of perspectives. How would have the story been if it was written from the view of all characters? The views of some characters were easy to identify but some were really hard to identify and was no clue at all like the death of Ophelia. So basically, the story would be more understandable and readers wouldn't be biased if it was written from King Hamlets view, Claudius' view, Laertes, Gertrude and others view.
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