Class Blog #2

In the play, Hamlet portrays himself to others in a way that differs from what he feels inside. Ever since his father died and his mother married his uncle after a few short months, he has felt empty, but also disappointed that his mother would so such a thing. When the ghost of his deceased father came to tell him the real story of his death, Hamlet knew that there was something he had to do. He started acting strange around everyone, including Ophelia, the one he was in love with. Ophelia and her father were both concerned that they caused Hamlet's grief, even though it had nothing to do with them. Hamlet's plan all along was to pretend that he went crazy to attract attention. The King began to organize a group of followers and spies, all of which Hamlet figured out about on his own. He wrote a play that clearly stated everything that had happened in the last 2 months, without using anyone's names to keep it anonymous. Because only he and his uncle Claudius, know the truth about Hamlet's father's death, it was an ingenious plan. Hamlet was aware of his actions the whole time; he portrayed himself as someone far dumber than he really was. Every event in the plot, from the time he started acting psychotic to his play, was only to move the plot along. Hamlet led the audience as well as the other characters on in order to expose the truth about himself, that he was the smartest one after all.