bait mehhhh

okayyy so in hamlet there are several different instances of baiting. First of all baiting is a term that has a similar meaning to bait....as in fishing bait. Like its something put out there, and there are prolly strings attached/alterior motives that go along with it. One instance that comes to mind is when Claudius and Gerty decieded to fetch R&G--hamlets bff's-- to go and "check up" on hamlet and make sure he wasnt going insane/mad. This use of baiting changed the relationship shared by hamlet and his mother and father (claudius and gerty). Distrust was created between the 2 parties and this was upsetting to Hamlet.

classmates question

Im answering Matt's question: Why doesn't Claudis get up to leave earlier when they are acting out "him killing the king"?

Im pretty sure that the reason Claudis leaves later than sooner is because he cannot believe what he is seeing. The scene hits him so hard, taht he is in disbelieve. He was probably trying to answer a million questions at once; as well as being taken back that someone knows his secret. Staying in the room, and then leaving for fresh air or whatever doesnt look as suspicious as if he just bolted out of the room right when he realized what the players were acting out. If i had been claudius, i would have just chilled and kept my cool, acting like nothing happened and not let the play phase me.

forced on hamlet: worldviews

Hamlet has struggled with the fact that his parents and elders have different worldviews than he does, and how they are forced apon him. Since he was born into the royal family, he is a prince by blood. With this title he is expected to act certain ways and live up to the family's/nation's reputation. Many of these behaviors he does not approve of (ex: all danes being drunks). Not only does he need to have a certain type of behavior, but he needs to be a person with leadership and good judgement; someone who others can look up too. This is because he is to be the next king. However when the king dies Hamlet does not take the throne and this completely throws him off.

illness?

Claudius is very skeptical of Hamlet and whether he is faking his illness, or if it is for real. However, I tend to believe that Claudius does think that Hamlet is truly mad. At the end of act III.i the king and polonius were disscusing the meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet. The king mentioned that what hamlet had said didnt really make sence and his thought process was distorted. With this the king desired to send Hamlet away to England; this is evident when he said, "It shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go".

is it loveee? blog

I'm pretty sure that Hamlet did have feelings for Ophelia prior to Act 3. However, what he did feel for her was not a deep love, because he would not have been able to get over her as quickly as he did! From the things he said and the actions that he portrayed, you are able to see how he did at one point have somesort of love for her and that quickly changed into rude comments and inappropriate suggestions. In Act II scene ii and perhaps even before this, Hamlet writes love letters to Ophelia expressing his desires in a relationship with her. After a brief (and somewhat frightening) encounter, Hamlet appears angry with Ophelia. He tells her that she is a prostitute and that she should join a nunery. Now how about a comment like that? whooo Hamlet has some major guts.

first blog

In act III scene i hamlet continues with his mixed messages and generalizations. He doesn't appear "mad" in this chapter, however, he is not completly sane. The reason he was getting so irritated and upset with Opthelia was because of the fact he had the horrible feeling of unrequited love. He wasnt angry about the fact that it wasnt Opthelia that didnt love him, it was that no one that he loved, loved him the same way back in return; not necessarily Opthelia's love.