Answer the following questions in a 2-3 paragraph response.What conflicting emotions are expressed in Hamlet through his final soliloquy in Act 2? Back up your assessment with line numbers.
How would you describe Hamlet’s attitude toward the other characters? How does he show it?
Do you think Hamlet is acting mad, or do you think he is actually going mad? Explain.
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ReplyDeleteThe two conflicting emotions were that Hamlet was acting like the world would end one minute and then excited the next minute. He talked about how there was nothing good in the world in line 247. Then in lines 290-297 that he was excited about something. He acts depressed one minute and then anticipating the next.
ReplyDeleteHamlet starts to treat people as if they are a joke to him. He does not create much conversation after answering a question. He says that he does not trust anyone. He is very cautious towards everyone.
So far i believe that Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy. So far he seems to just be trying to mislead people, because he notices that people are worried about him and he is irritated with the whole world. I think that Hamlet is just being mean to people by pretending to be crazy. However, I have a feeling that he will go beyond just pretending and become actually crazy when he starts to make decisions about his uncle.
Hamlet mainly expresses self-hate, the longing for revenge, and determination. Hamlet speaks to the audience, cursing himself numerous times and then curses himself more for cursing himself (lines 544-449). He doesn't like how he has become overly emotional and now has everyone constantly checking on his mental state. He wants somebody to come up to him and say what they think of him instead of sneaking around behind his back calling him crazy (lines 530-534).
ReplyDeleteHamlet expresses his longing for revenge in lines 544-549 as well. He is expressing how he feels like a failure for having not done anything to avenge his father yet. He expresses his determination towards the end of his monologue. In lines 556-560, Hamlet formulates his plan to perform the reenactment of his father's murder before Claudius. His attitude shifts from his self-loathing to determination, having found a purpose and a distraction from himself.
Hamlet's attitude towards the other characters is almost snobbish. He sees himself as a deeper thinker than the rest of them. He believes that they are only seeing the world as they are told to see it. He feels as though he can't explain his thoughts to them because they won't understand him and they will think him crazier than they already do. When Hamlet tells Guildenstern he is only crazy when he wants to be, he doesn't think Guildenstern will understand. He talks down to him.
I think that Hamlet is genuinely crazy. Only a crazy person would say "I'm only crazy when I want to be." His depression has made him more distant from society, giving him more time to think and become more wrapped up in his thoughts, formulating new ideas about society and the world. Seeing the ghost of his father has also played a part in Hamlet's madness. After seeing the ghost, he has become obsessed with his uncle. He spends so much time plotting his revenge and hating himself that he beings to lose his mind.
Confusion is one of the main conflicting emotions Hamlet is dealing with during his final soliloquy. He debates upon himself countless times on what he should do about the king. He is going through a flurry of sadness, pain, loneliness, and is on the verge of insanity. Although he himself believes he is sane. In lines (552-553) hamlet is also unsure of what his role is in this whole situation. He jumps from calling himself a villain, to a coward. Hamlet is trapped in his own thoughts and although he believes it’s all just an act he is putting up. By talking to himself while alone concurs that he is indeed going mad. In lines (561-590) Hamlet even reveals weakness being melancholy. In these lines he is convincing himself that what he is going to do to expose the king will work. At the same time however the way he is doing it makes him feel like a coward. These emotions however, conflicting do not come in the way of Hamlets plan to avenge his father.
ReplyDeleteI think Hamlet is going mad slowly but surly. Hamlet acting mad is just a cover up for his plan. However, the way he talks to himself when he is alone clashes with many emotions. Witnessing his dad’s ghost, the shocking truth, and going through depression can very well make anyone go insane. Hamlet not only has to deal with his inner emotions but must now carry a strenuous burden of exposing the king. By doing so he must lock himself away from others. This can lead to a lot of thinking which can be the cause of Hamlets slow turn to insanity.
I think Hamlets attitude towards other characters is all just a big game. He really does not care about anyone because of what he is going through. Hamlet is basically using the people around him to make it seem like he is going insane. He is using friends and family alike as pawns to win and avenge the death of his father.
Confusion is one of the main conflicting emotions Hamlet is dealing with during his final soliloquy. He debates upon himself countless times on what he should do about the king. He is going through a flurry of sadness, pain, loneliness, and is on the verge of insanity. Although he himself believes he is sane. In lines (552-553) hamlet is also unsure of what his role is in this whole situation. He jumps from calling himself a villain, to a coward. Hamlet is trapped in his own thoughts and although he believes it’s all just an act he is putting up. By talking to himself while alone concurs that he is indeed going mad. In lines (561-590) Hamlet even reveals weakness being melancholy. In these lines he is convincing himself that what he is going to do to expose the king will work. At the same time however the way he is doing it makes him feel like a coward. These emotions however, conflicting do not come in the way of Hamlets plan to avenge his father.
ReplyDeleteI think Hamlet is going mad slowly but surly. Hamlet acting mad is just a cover up for his plan. However, the way he talks to himself when he is alone clashes with many emotions. Witnessing his dad’s ghost, the shocking truth, and going through depression can very well make anyone go insane. Hamlet not only has to deal with his inner emotions but must now carry a strenuous burden of exposing the king. By doing so he must lock himself away from others. This can lead to a lot of thinking which can be the cause of Hamlets slow turn to insanity.
I think Hamlets attitude towards other characters is all just a big game. He really does not care about anyone because of what he is going through. Hamlet is basically using the people around him to make it seem like he is going insane. He is using friends and family alike as pawns to win and avenge the death of his father.
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ReplyDeleteHamlet's need for revenge has drove him to insanity. Hamlet's conflicting emotions, such as happiness and depression, are prevalent in Act 2. He seems like he wants to be so upset at his step-father/uncle, but refuses to say what he really feels. Hamlet does not want to embarrass his step-father/uncle, Hamlet wants to ruin him. Hamlet could have confronted him by now, but the satisfaction of defeating such a prominent member of society by announcing that he was a murderer intrigued Hamlet (Lines 566-590).
ReplyDeleteHamlet has a important agenda, so he distances himself from all other character. His love affair with Ophelia has ended, but Hamlet does not really care. He shows hatred, and respect, towards his mother/aunt and uncle/step-father. Hamlet begins to question his relationship with everyone, including his childhood friends. He feels like everyone has been or can be fully trusted.
In Hamlet's pursuit to “act crazy,” he has made himself really go mad. His life has changed dramatically in a negative light, and he has not shown many “real” emotions about his situation. He is crying for help, in a sense. He wants to put on this lavish production to state one fact, so he can make himself feel a little better about one situation. He is not dealing with his true issues, but is creating more drama to elaborate his father's murderer. His point is vague, because even if the killer knows Hamlet knows he is the killer their lives would not be changed.
Through his final soliloquy, Hamlet expresses some conflicting emotions. In his final soliloquy, he expresses mad about his father like “he would drown the stage with tears and cleave..”, he wants to make Claudius to be perplexed. Another emotion is the revenge toward his stepfather. Hamlet seems to be insane, and he plans to revenge to his stepfather, through the player. Hamlet describes himself as villain, “Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous lecherous kinless villain!” Moreover, he does not want to live as bad person, he wants someone to get out him from abuses. “ Out of my weakness and my melancholy, abuses me to damn me.”
ReplyDeleteHamlet seems to be mean to the other characters and he tries to get away from others’ sights. He also tries to hide his own feelings about the circumstances that had been occurred to him toward the others, he makes no one to know his thoughts, revenge. So he keeps acting mad at his father’s death and acts like nothing to him.
Moreover, I think he is actually going to be mad, because after he knows about his father’s death and is heard about his father’s is murdered by his stepfather, Claudius. I think, at the very first time, he seems to pretend to be mad about this circumstance, however, time goes by, he is getting mad what Claudius did. Because, Claudius took away Hamlet father’s thrown, his mother, and all life of Hamlet’s.
Hamlet is a sorry sap. He is overcome with melancholy and seems to be very melodramatic. Instead of confronting Claudius, Hamlet decides to make a play. The play hints of a man killing the king, as in the case with Claudius killing King Hamlet. Along with Hamlet's melancholy, he is also very indecisve. He cannot decide whether he should revenge his father's death.
ReplyDeleteHamlet's melancholy puts a damper on other characters as well as himself. They are worried about him, though they should not be because he is not crazy. Hamlet shows this attitude by moping around. He says that everything is boring and that he hates life. All the characters notice his unhappiness.
With his indifference, it hints that he is not crazy, he just cannot make a decision. He can however make a decision to act crazy because he is striving for attention as a child would.
One of the main emotions that Hamlet seems to be feeling during his final Soliloquy is madness as well as depression and confusion. Hamlet is facing madness beacause of what happened to his father. The fact that Hamlet wants revenge so bad has turned him to go mad crazy. Also, since the situation of revenge has tired him emotionally as well as physically, he is startng to feel a sense of depression. Depression is somthing that Hamlets mother put in his head. Even though he might be depressed, Hamlets mother made a bigger deal about the situation. This is making the situation seem worse than it really is. Lastly, he feels very confused because he dosent know if this is the perfect in order to get revenge against his step father. In the lines (566-573) he shows how hurt he is by the situation. He is also putting himself down a lot about what he is doing, this is when he becomes confused.
ReplyDeleteHamlet treats the other characters in the story in a very meaningless way. He is never "mean" to the other characters but he is very selfish towards them. He feels as very one in the world should feel bad for him. When other people talk to Hamlet about himself it seems that behind all the "drama queen" act he is putting up, there is a sense of pride within himself because he wants people to side with him, and he wants people to either feel bad for him or to help him get revenge.
I think that Hamlet at first was just acting mad, but when a person "acts" mad for a very long time they get so use to it that they eventually start to become mad. The reason I think that he is turning out to be mad is because he was talking to himself in certain sections of the play. When a person starts to talk to themselves, they seem to be going just a tad bit crazy.
Through Hamlet's soliloquy at the end of Act II, he expresses anger. He has so much anger inside him that he doesn’t know how to control it. Part of it being, him not being able to understand why possibly a brother would do such to his own brother. It has to a point where his anger has taken over of seeking the revenge of his father. (Lines 610-615) I’m not concluding that he's not, but he is thinking too much of the situation rather than taking quick action.
ReplyDeleteHamlet's attitude towards the other characters is very rude. Since he is upset, and angry, he is unkind to others; taking to others like they are "nobodies", he doesn’t show respect for anyone. He thinks everybody is not being loyal. He makes this known by telling to two "friends" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern this. (Lines 287-291)
I think he is acting mad because it's a part of his plan on seeking revenge. Since everyone thinks he's mad, he going to make them think he is. So his plan will draw very little attention to people.