My New Crush

I bet that a good sum of you readers out there are laughing your heads off thinking of amazing ways that you can use this gossip of my newest love. Well for your sake I hope you do share this with everyone I ever talk to. Don't worry. I won't be hurt. Now you are probably thinking that it is not nearly as fun to share this since I am completely encouraging it. However, still do please.

Now I will bring forth my "secret". I say "secret" because how secretive can I really be if I am writing it down on my blog? Answer: Not very. So here goes, I absolutely adore Hamlet!! He is a thoroughly enjoyable read. I really miss discussing him in my English class (what? I do? I do!). I also miss writing up my Reading Response Logs and writing my extra scene. That was probably my favorite part of Hamlet this year. Oh how I miss him.

The reason I felt I needed to bring this forth is because on my very hilarious "About me" on your left hand side, I described myself as one who wasn't a Shakespeare fan per say. However, this year I realized that I am just not a Macbeth fan. Shakespeare in general I believe is something I very much enjoy. I especially enjoy theatrically reading it with a person who shares my passion for doing different voices. I really recommend that if you have never theatrically read a Shakespeare play with someone, you are definitely missing a crucial stepping stone in your life. Do it as soon as possible. Then tell me about it.

Hmmm... thinking of Hamlet now makes me smile. My favorite quote that exits Hamlet's lips is soon after Ophelia's death (sorry if I ruined that "surprise" in this tragedy). It is when Hamlet and Horatio are talking near Ophelia's funeral procession. Hamlet does not yet know that she has died. When he finds out, he comes out of hiding and Laertes accuses him of having a part in Ophelia's death. Hamlet yells at him with tears in his eyes (in the Branagh version) "I loved Ophelia. 40 000 brothers could not have loved her with my quantity of love!" Something like that anyway. It is at this point that we realize Hamlet does actually love Ophelia. I cried at this point in the movie representation. Why didn't Hamlet tell Ophelia of his true feelings? Why was he so cruel to her, telling her to get to a nunnery?? They were meant for each other and even though I do love him, I still would have liked them to end up together.

Another favorite part in Hamlet is when he is pretending to be mad. Polonius is talking to him and finally Polonius asks Hamlet if he may take his leave. Hamlet replies my saying, "There is nothing I would more rather part with." Hamlet made me laugh. He definitely was very clever and so very witty. What a guy.

In our English class, we discussed at the end different parts. One thing that I found very interesting was when we talked about how we got the description for Ophelia's "watery death". When we talked about it more, that is when I realized that a character must have been watching her so that this description could have come forth. The only person who is really at all linked to perhaps seeing her death is Horatio. This is because a scene or two earlier the queen asked him to follow her. However, if Horatio was watching her at this point, why didn't he try to save her? Because of all of her petticoats, it would have taken quite a while for her to sink. But Horatio is a nice, upstanding guy. I have full confidence that he wouldn't knowingly let Ophelia die. Therefore, I don't believe that Horatio was the one that brought forth the description. I believe it is a mystery.

Well I think I've shared the parts of Hamlet that I specifically enjoyed or found interesting. I hope you did too because I sort of started rambling while good memories came back. I'm very excited because tomorrow I am going to see "The Taming of the Shrew" at "Shakespeare in the Park". I will most likely blog about it afterwards. So if this Shakespeare stuff has bored you to tears you may want to stay away from this page for a while. However, if you have found my ramblings intriguing, I am very very glad and giddy.

So I hope you enjoyed hearing about my crush. I also hope you enjoyed that it was written in blue.