T.S. Elliot is Amazing.

First off, i would like to say that i really like this poem. Normally, im not a poetry kind of person, but this isnt "boring" or "dull" or "idealistic" or "overdramatic" like most of the poetry i come across. We are suppose to blog about how the structure of this poem furthers the meaning or what we think it means. And quite frankly i dont really know how the structure fits in, but im gunna type and think at the same time..which could mean some messed up logic. Cause when i think its not always sequencial. o well.

i think that this is about the life of someone who has always been on the "outside", a wall flower, an observer. what ever you call them. This person, regrets this life he has lived becuase he sences no purpose in that life. its like an inferiority complex, he states that he will never be a "main character with a purpose" (hamlet), and he is regretful of that, because i believe he desires that. But is two concerned with what other people precieve him as. His life has been ruitine. But the structure of this Poem offers no ruitine, no structure. Life doesnt have a formula to follow, you gotta live and take each moment and experience as it comes. Because one day you could be up, and one day down. There is no "one soultion" fits all. Rather is experinceing things, things like love that change a person. The person in this poem is isolated and incapable of decisive action, he's afraid to life. Living is chaotic, deal with it. This mans fear doesnt let him live, he wants a formula...to find a way to be mad to live, but his life has passed him by, and he is nothing, his life was nothing. and now he "drowns "in the memories of his past, what it could have been, and where it has taken him. THis poem is also his thoughts... thoughts are random, sparatic. no "right or wrong" to a thought... so that could have something to do with the stanza structure. i dont know...just an observation

Answer to Question.

I didnt know if we were suppose to answer their question as a commnet, or on our own blog... whatever.
Briannas Question was why didn't Hamlet just kill his uncle?
Well, his uncle was praying, so if hamlet would have killed him just then, according to the catholic view, he would go to heaven becuase he was confessing his sin. Hamlet would rather kill his uncle when he is sinning that way he would go to hell like he deserves.
and i think thats pretty much it.

Worldview Conflict

Hamlet is tweeking out because he is expected to fill big shoes. This conflict in worldview is in regard to his future kingdom. Not only is he disgusted by his family issues, which are completely twisted... but the entire state of Denmark is on country full of drunks. He is expected to be the next king, but his "insanity" has made everyone around him question that ability. This has to do with his fathers unexpected murder, his mothers overhastey marriage, and his uncle taking the crown. I would be pretty upset too.

Hamlet sees the world differently then his parents, he is repulsed by the state of the country that he was to take and quite frankly has every reason to be upset, to "go mad", whatever you call it.

Insanity?

I think that Claudius honestly thinks that Hamlet is on drugs, crazy, whatever you call it. King Claudius spends more time worring about Hamlet and trying to figure out if he is insane, then he spends with any other problem, such as the "international problems" with fortenbra... (i dont know how thats spelled)- he wrote those off and was more freaked out about hamlet. He also is putting so much time and energy into the matter, with the whole friends sent to spy and check up on him. If he thought it was all a joke, or an act, he wouldnt be wasting his time on Hamlet. Its not like he cares for the guy anyway. He's gotta be believeing this insanity act.

2 Questions.

ok question, what the heck, hamlet is a worse then an emotional girl... if you promise revenge, then do it. i dont care ifs he's praying... sooo. Why in the world didnt Hamlet man it up and take care of buisness?

and number two, Does Claudius realize that hamlet knows about the murder, or does he just want to send him away to save his own reputation as a king? (because who wants a mad man running around their kingdom...right)

LOVE or LUST?

There is a fine line between love and lust, and i believe that what Hamlet felt prior to his crazyness was lust confused as Love. He may have well belived that what he was feeling was love- he told her this and wrote about it, but how oftan do we all tell a boyfriend or girlfriend that we love them, but not really mean it. What we felt was temporary, "puppy love", not the real thing. And honestly, how could he ever have loved someone who he treats like absolute crap. If it was really love at one point, he would at least be treating here with respect despite his emotional freakouts. He not only is calling this girl he supposibly loved a whore, but disrespecting her father. I dont blame the guy, Polonius is a D-bag, but if he really loved her that most likley would not happen. Also, if you really loved someone you wouldnt go around telling sex jokes about the poor girl, let alone to her face. WHAT THE HECK. get a life Hamlet. Okay, i realize your father died, and your mother is a whore, but oh my, get a life. Basicly i think Hamlet is a drammatic baby who needs to get over himself and learn how to respect people, no matter the circumstance. Especially the person you claimed to have loved. Hamlet doesnt know LOVE, he only knows LUST.

Hamlet 3:i&ii

I think that Hamlet himself is being characterized as someone who is insane. Though his conversation with Ophilia is a little off the wall, with regards to her needing to be in a convent, this also can be viewd as his was of saying goodbye. He knows that he is acting wacko, and undestands that people are relizing that he isnt funtioning right. But i dont really question his sanity. There is something about his ability to talk to his friends in a civil matter that makes me wonder how much of what he is doing is simply an act itself.