Hamlet is a very deep and twisty story. Hamlet goes mad over his mother being with someone new only a few months after her husband died. This set a toll on Hamlet and caused him to act out. Him acting out took a toll on literally everyone around him. Everything he did affected everyone. He caused a big fight that led to multiple deaths, and caused the one girl he loved to commit suicide. This story isn’t a happy ending but it is definitely worth the read.
A quote that relates to today would be “I must be cruel to be kind”. I picked this one because a lot of people today are very rude. Some may think that being rude is a way to be nice (if that makes sense). I liked this quote because it makes sense to me. In our society, there’s not really any ‘good people’ left. Everyone is so different now days.
A song that really reflects on Hamlet would be the song ‘you should see me in a crown’ by Billie Eilish. The song is about basically her running the town and everything being under her control. I picked this song because Hamlet was supposed to be the king. He was supposed to rule the town, but instead he ended up dead, and Fortinbra got that opportunity. The chorus says “if you think i’m pretty, you should see me in a crown” and that’s basically saying you think she is beautiful now, just wait until you see her under control. That is relatable to Hamlet because when he went “mad” people thought wow he’s crazy but he threw a you-don’t-even-know-yet vibe at them.
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