Thoughts on Hamlet

Wow, so we just started reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The only thing that I have ever read by Shakespeare was Romeo and Juliet and even then I spent more time in the cliff notes than in the actual play. I had really forgotten how hard it is to read this stuff. However, I am really becoming intrigued by this play, even if it is hard to read. There are a lot of intense emotions and passions in this play. I have only read the first few scenes of Act I and am already anticipating the outcome. I have kinda formulated a synopsis of the characters, it’s really informal though. Hamlet is a big baby, Ophelia is a slave to her father’s pride/vanity, Gertrude is an oblivious traitor, Claudius is a sly and greedy but very eloquent man, and Horatio seems to be the only character in the play who has any truth or virtue. Since we’ve started watching the movie, a whole new light has been shed on this play and it really enhances the emotions and the characters. Only thing now is that I don’t have any idea how I am supposed to write a 3-6 page paper on this play. I guess we’ll find out…