Monday, March 14, 2011

To Thine Own Self Be True

(Warning: title has nothing whatsoever to do with post other than it is a quote from the same play)

So Act 1.1 of Hamlet was pretty interesting. Marcellus, Horatio and Bernardo encounter the ghost of the lately dead King Hamlet. Spooky, right? However, he does not say anything, just reaching out his hand a lot, which frankly makes it even creepier. Horatio's convinced he will only speak to Hamlet, his still living son. Why does he think this? All he did was walk towards him with widened eyes and held out hands. Also, why does the king vanish whenever the rooster crows? Is this bird somehow connected with the "other world."

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