Eulogy

    Ophelia, my darling Ophelia was a character of great proportion and it is highly idiotic in her not recieving a proper burial. I did not know her long but I do know that her circumstances drove her off the edge, how can we as human beings judge her and condition!

    Whether or not if she did or did not take her life is highly irrelavant to the point, I say and I say with the uttermost respect, let God be her judge!!! How can we as equals restrict Ophelia from her proper burial rights, we are all only people under the highest judge God, let her decision be His; God's decision is the only one that matters in the long-run anyway.

    Let us say as a whole that all people shall have the right to a proper burial, it only paints a bad picture for us as a whole to not bury her, I repent for our sins our sins of judging a beautiful, abandoned and crazed girl.

    With or without her burial we shall all be judged one day, so let us repent as a whole and give all people a proper burial, they deserve to meet thy maker and let Him judge his people!!

- Isaiah

Hesitation

   I think Hamlets hesistantion to kill Claudius is thought through. In the story it says the reason why he was so hesitant to kill Claudious when we first saw him was because he was engaged in prayer, and to he believe if he dies while repenting he would go to heaven. Since Hamlet is upset by the fact that his dad was killed offguard he wants to do the same to Claudius. Hamlets wants to catch Claudius offguard just like his father's death to make things even. I think that is a clever and still quite weird and unique.He did notify his guards that he would be acting weird. So I do agree with his hesistation because he wants to do it on the right time.
   In all honesty I don't think he really thought about it as carefully as he should have. I think that if he had thought of it carefully he would have thought to maybe not do it at all. With Hamlets circumstances I guess he did think carefully as to killing him offguard. It would be better if he stuck to his plan rather than just getting it over with because his types of beliefs. I think Cladius is guilty for killing Hamlet's father, especially offguard for going straight after his wife and throne. And the devilish nature of how he killed King Hamlet was bad too. If I were in Hamlets position I would be full of rage and vengeful. So I think Hamlets idea is okay in a way just because it is well thought through.

Just Let It Be

  
        I have viewed all of the "To Be Or Not To Be" speeches and this is my view on most of them:


        To be honest the Brahna version disappointed me to the max!!! In a way from all the previous scenes, this scene has definately been the weakest of them all.  Even though I didn't like it much or agree with the way it was depicted I must say that there were a few good things I found in the performance of this scene.  The  backwards mirror was a great way to show that he was talking to himself and trying to decide which road to take whether it be the road to life, or the road to death.  

         My favorite version is the Mel Gibson version of the "To Be Or Not To Be" speech .  The setting  highly relatable because he sit in the catacombs and contemplates his death and his eternal resting place it's highly dramatic.  I also love when he begins to look upward almost like he is speaking with God and asking God for the answers to his questions.  

         The Ethan Hawke version caught my attention and took me aback because the actor did not decide to speak until he was nearly halfway into the speech, it was more like he was thinking the whole time instead of reciting his lines.  I find it interesting that he is in a public place though it shows how insane Hamlet just might be.

The Ghost Scene

In Branagh’s version of Hamlet the director chose to set his film in the 19th century. His sets are vibrant and his depiction of past events gives the audience a better understanding of life before the King's death. In my opinion this film is acted the best. The sets are how I envisioned them to be and the actors, especially Branagh, play their parts well. The film is dramatic and the acting is over the top when necessary. The first ghost scene is a pivotal part in Hamlet and should be played with as much emotion as possible. The foggy forest setting and loud music creates a dark and ominous atmosphere that is essential to the story. Overall, I felt this movie was the most successful in reenacting this particular scene.

Zeffirelli version of Hamlet is Medieval based. For this reason the sets were much darker compared to Branagh's. This immediately threw me off. I was not as drawn or interested as I had been for the first film. Moreover, the acting for me fell flat. Gibson as Hamlet was not convincing and I often found myself bored. The ghost scene was anticlimactic and unappealing. There was little emotion shared between the two characters and I was not as enchanted during this scene as I had been for Branagh's. In my opinion, this subtle approach to Hamlet's first ghost scene was unsuccessful.

       There were some special effects in Branagh's version. Some examples are the fog and how the ghost of Old Hamlet disappeared. The other 2 versions didn't really have any special effects. When Branagh used flashbacks it helped create visual to the death scene. The choices were pretty good and overall the movie came out nice.

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