Hamlet’s Fate
Destiny and fate are very similar. It can lead to glories victories or to sudden death. Fate is a mystery, and it’s our quest to find out what it is. Hamlet was determined to find his destiny, no matter what it was he will revel it. Ever step he made was recorded; everything that had happened love, craziness, revenge, sorrow, death was for a reason. Even if Hamlet was awkward, he was very wise as well. He understood between life and death, glory and honor. He says “Now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some craven scruple of thinking too precisely on th’ event a thought witch, quartered, hath but one part wisdom” – “ Rightly to be great is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in straw when honor’s at the stake. How stand I, then, that have father killed, a mother stained, And excitements of my reason and my blood…”
Hamlets’ troubles got the best of him when he went mad for a while and accidently killed Polonius, his actions lead him to his own death. He understood death very well “We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service-two dishes but to one table. That’s the end.”
I like it...you should spell check it though.
ReplyDeleteCindy,
ReplyDeleteThis is a good post in that you've already begun to reach into the text and identify passages that you feel will be useful to you in developing your essay. However, I'm still not sure what argument that essay is going to make. What is your topic here? Is it that Hamlet's feigned madness turns real (and gets the best of him)? Is it that, for all his indecision, Hamlet is actually acting in a way that Shakespeare wants us to see as wise and honorable?
I think you need to narrow your focus a bit before setting out on your essay. Nonetheless, this is a good post. I'm anxious to see your first draft!