jen shortt


                             Throughout the story Hamlet by Shakespeare, It was the continuous failures that push hamlet to the edge, Hamlet went through many different tragedies from seeing his father's ghost, Refusing love because of his mother's actions and pushing Ophelia to a massive break down.

                           
             Hamlets father ( Old King Hamlet ) was killed sadly and quietly by Hamlets uncle who is now the new king ( King Claudius )  who married Hamlets mother. Old King Hamlet came back as a ghost to tell Hamlet who committed his murder and to get revenge. Hamlet plans to make a play and states a line that threatens Claudius in a way that he only knew, to prove Hamlet knew he was his father's killer. Claudius, Got upset and was planning to kill Hamlet before he was able to. Hamlet falls in love with Ophelia but pushes her away because of his mother's actions. Her marrying so Quickly and especially marrying her husband's killer got Hamlet in an uproar. Claudius sent hamlet away but he managed to figure out a way to come back alive. After Ophelia dying Laertes plans to kill him in their fencing match. Claudius makes a poisoned drink that was supposed to be for hamlet which led to Gertrude ( Claudius wife and Hamlets mother ) drinking it and dying. The plan on Hamlets murder didn't  go so well they all ended up dying somehow.

          My option on hamlet is that it's good a lot easier to understand the movie and the English half on the book the Shakespeare's part was very hard and not easy to comprehend. I connect with hamlet and I feel what he's going though. If I was him I would be having a hard time to anyone would. Being upset about my father's death while his mother is already remarried,  being scared about being killed, or being upset for killing someone on accident especially his loves father. There is a lot of stuff going on in the book but not too much that it's overwhelming or not enough that you're bored. I would recommend this book to people in high school that are juniors or seniors it's a little bit challenging for anyone younger than that. Also for people that like the Shakespearean language.

       Throughout hamlets failures and tragedies he still made his life the best that it could be and tried to figure out and make the best of the situation that he could of.