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Examples Of Emotional Rollercoaster In Hamlet

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An Emotional Rollercoaster In every english class I've ever had, every teacher has brought up a reference to or an quote from Hamlet. And every time they have I've always dreaded the day I would have to read this play. First reason, the old english language is nothing to our modern english so it was hard understanding the text. Second this play is ancient, and any other old book I've read have been tedious,so I knew I would hate this book. But I'm glad I gave it a chance, because it turned out to be one of the best plays I've read and watched thus far. Hamlet has had an enduring impact on today's society due to the different connections everyone has had with the story. Whether it's death, revenge, relationships, etc. as teenagers …show more content…

When Hamlet learns the truth upon his father's death his emotions escalate from zero to one hundred real quick. “ A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause and can say nothing; no not for a king” (2.2.18-21). In this soliloquy Hamlet is expressing his emotions after holding them in for so long. He shows cowardness when he doesn't believe in himself. As teenagers we all do this and we hold in what we want to say and at some points we just burst out many emotions at a time. Hamlet experiences times of violent anger in his voice and gestures that he can't control throughout the play and I noticed it a lot with his vocabulary when he says “Remorseless, treacherous kindless villain! O, vengeance! (2.2.34-35). This …show more content…

As we go through each one we learn lessons along the way. Hamlet is the same way and we can connect our relationships with his in the play. While watching the play Hamlet perceived himself to be crazy to others, but was only putting on a act for them. In high school i've met some people who perceive themselves as “nice” but once you really get to know them they are not. We also hide what we really are from people because we are scared of what they might think, it's not always someone who is mean. This is something that happens a lot, and I could connect with Hamlet. The next level of ange is to take action and rebel! Hamlet was that typical “teenage boy” who was all talk till he actually killed polonius and took action. Although it was a tragic accident, this was a step that started it all in the plan to kill. All teenagers have a phase when they rebel, from their normal lives and do things they shouldn't be doing. We hang out with bad kids and go to parties with alcohol, and drugs. We step out our comfort zones and so did Hamlet. Hamlet hates his stepfather with a burning passion, my friends also hate their step parents too and it's hard to make a connection with an parent that's not biologically connected to you. I’m guilty of it too. At first hated my stepfather for the longest time but we set aside our differences and get along well now. We all struggle

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In Solo on the Drums we see how pain is sometimes shown not necessarily through physical appearance but by behavior instead. And through Pilkey’s Captain Underpants, we get a glimpse of how someone motivated by pain and anger can cause disorder through their deeds. Hamlet is a play known for its theme of indecision, but that indecision is deeply rooted in Hamlet's inability to act on any emotion though he feels them deeply. When he hires the actors to put on a show for the royal family, he bemoans the irony of the situation as he wonders how actors are able to so readily act on their convictions and emotions while their situation is fake, whereas he is unable to properly execute his mission and his situation couldn’t be more real. His soliloquy gives readers a preview into what it looks like to have inward emotions not dictate actions and this seemingly torments Hamlet.

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AT times, he behaves in a way where it is difficult for others to decipher, and other times, he is his authentic self. He knows when to act as himself, and other times he will act as someone no one can read. For instance, in Act II, Scene II, Hamlet explains to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, “I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.” In this instance, Hamlet pretends to act insane but subtly reveals his motives when he alludes to the fact that he knows when to act sane and insane.

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Hamlet is a powerful story of love, life, revenge, and death. The themes within the play are written to live on for eternity. It is difficult to fully and accurately represent a play as great as this one. The movie that we watched in class did not wholly represent the wonders and the magnitude of the themes within Shakespeare’s work.

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Shifts in emotion is commonly seen in Hamlet numerous times throughout the play when interacting with different characters. When conversing with his mother in Act Three Scene Four, despite his mothers pleas for Hamlet to stop, Hamlet is ruthless and unceasingly shouts about his dead father and his incestuous mother and step-father. Through the continuous shouting Hamlet intensely declares, “ A murderer and a villain, A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord, a vice of kings, A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket” (3.4.99-102). Hostility and anger to his mother and Claudius is evident as Hamlet accosts his mother for her ill-willed relationship wither her dead husband's brother. Anger, being the most necessary aspect of Hamlet’s diagnosis, reveals that his shifts in emotion from an emotionless state to a state of sudden animosity.

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He speaks as if he is tired of solving some difficult math problem instead of life. There is also the problem of how this Hamlet does act his age, furthering the notion he is putting on an act of madness. This Hamlet is stable, mature, and emotionally intelligent. His moods do not switch

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It was hard for Hamlet to act crazy because he was still grieving over his father 's death and his mother not showing that she cares. Hamlet also lost Ophelia which makes his situation even worse than it was because he has no one in his. No family, no girlfriend, no one. Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother and feels like he can 't trust anyone. Shakespeare gives Hamlet these struggles in the play to amplify the mental and psychological events that make the reader feel bad about what all happened to Hamlet.

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