Thursday, January 29, 2015

HBL 1/29/15

What is Hamlet thinking and feeling at this point in the play?

26 comments:

Isabella Bantivoglio said...

Isabella Bantivoglio
At this point in the play, Hamlet seems almost gratified to have his suspicions of his uncle confirmed. He appears to be eager to take revenge and he feels comletely justified in doing so.

Mike Lewis said...

I think that Hamlet is eager to kill Claudius for his father. He is able to get revenge on his father's murderer, and seems to have a full-proof plan to do so, despite being partly against his father's ghosts request. He plans to plead insanity and go crazy, and does not want anyone else to know of his actions and antics other than Horatio and Marcellus.

Jason said...

Hamlet is currently feeling extremely confused and lost in his mind because he is unsure of what to do with himself. After speaking with the ghost, he desires to fulfill his father's wish to seek revenge. He is planning to use his anger and confusion as a way to murder Claudius.

Kevin Thai said...

Hamlet's all like OMG, my father was killed by my uncle. Now my mum has hooked up with him. I am now angry at both my mum and my uncle. I must kill my uncle while being loco.

Zach said...

Hamlet at first was confused when his father told him about his death. Hamlet is feeling hatred towards his uncle, who he found out is the one that killed his father. Hamlet is looking to seek revenge and is going to act crazy. Hamlet is going to kill Claudius, but he is not supposed to take anything out on his mother.

Carly Ohlin said...

At this point in the play, Hamlet is feeling vengeful and angry at Claudius for killing his father. He acts rather mischievous after coming up with a plan and is eager to put it into action.

Unknown said...

He is angry at Claudius however the ghost of his father has clarified his death. His plan is to kill Claudius by acting insane and killing him during that fit of insanity. This is not what the ghost of Hamlet's father told him to do. The ghost wants revenge however he explicitly said not to kill Claudius in a fit of insanity. Hamlet does not listen to this. Hamlet feels obliged to avenge the murder of his father. Hamlet agrees and wants to kill Claudius. Hamlet is also shocked that his father was killed.

Anonymous said...

Catie Conway said...
I think that Hamlet is feeling like life has a purpose again. Before he was sad and depressed and now he has a purpose, which is to get revenge for his fathers murder.

Unknown said...

Hamlet has just learned that his father was murdered by his uncle, and wants revenge for his father's death on his uncle. Although his ghost said no to, Hamlet plans on going crazy, killing his uncle, and then pleading insanity. Hamlet is overwhelmed with anger and has his sights set on revenge.

Denis Halilovic said...

Hamlet feels enraged towards Claudius, the man who killed his father. At the request of his father's spirit, Hamlet seeks vengeance against Claudius. However, Hamlet grows restless and insane as this assassination attempt grows imminent.

Unknown said...

Dale Lingle
Hamlet seems to have no problem with taking revenge on his uncle now that he knows that his suspicions have been confirmed. He also seems to have no problem putting on a crazy act to get his revenge, even though it is exactly what his father told him not to do.

Unknown said...

At this point in the play, Hamlet is furious that Claudius is responsible for the death of his father. He also seems very surprised that his uncle would do this. Prince Hamlet is anxious to take revenge and murder Claudius. Although Hamlet is typically religious and pure in his actions, he is willing to obey his father's message.

Campbell said...

He is rather angry because he found out his father was killed by his uncle. But at the same time, now he has an outlet to express his anger about his fathers death. He stops moping around about his horrible life because now he has found a purpose.

Anonymous said...

Kyla Alvarez
At this point in the play, Hamlet is feeling angry at Claudius for doing this to his father. He pities his dad's soul for having to be in the purgatory/hell he is forced to live in. He is loyal to his father and wishes to get revenge to avenge his father's murder. He lets his anger get the best of him, and instead of listening to his father's instructions to "not go crazy" he plans on doing just that.

Anonymous said...

He is desperate for the ghost to be his fathers spirit. While running he begged for the ghost to show himself as his father and to prove him not "ignorant".
Once he learns that his father was murdered by his uncle he appears distraught. When his father leaves he cries out "remember thee" and fervently commands that he will not forget this. He gains purpose when he thinks about how he should soon kill his uncle and turns from sad to determined and sad. SB

Anonymous said...

Hamlet is feeling outraged due to the tragic news he has just received about his father's death. He isn't really thinking straight and at this point, he is uncontrollable. Hamlet will proceed to act unruly in order to follow his father's wish to murder Claudius.

Kelly Day

mikky said...

Hamlet is feeling wronged. He is also feeling a mix of fear and anger. He is fearful because his this is a ghost, this is a supernatural event, most people would be afraid when talking to a dead persons ghost. But his is also angry because he is finding out that his fathers death was caused by his uncle. He is mad because he is finding out that everything is so much worse then he original thought. He is also sad because his father is suffering and he can not do much if anything thing to help. He can only revenge his death and not sooth it.

Jess Fuschetti said...

At the end of Act I, Hamlet is very uncertain about everything he has just witnessed. However, he is somewhat satisfied that his suspicions about Claudius were proven true by his father's ghost, and he is eager to seek revenge against him. Hamlet immediately formulates a plan to fake madness so no one suspects his motives, and this plan, combined with his desire to kill Claudius, gives Hamlet a purpose to his life. Hamlet wants to avenge his father death so strongly that he seems as if he will do anything to succeed, even if it means violating his morality.

Amanda Fuschetti said...

When first learning that his uncle murdered his father, Hamlet was shocked. He is now angry at his uncle for killing his father and at his mother for proceeding to marry his uncle. While he agrees to fulfill his father's desire for revenge against Claudius, he plans on acting insane to do so. It is clear that Hamlet is slightly conflicted because taking revenge by murdering Claudius is something that goes against Hamlet's character, but he feels he must do so because it is his father's wish.

Shaila Thomas said...

At this point in the play, I believe that Hamlet is experiencing a wide range of emotions. Besides the obvious sadness felt towards his father's death, Hamlet is also feeling extreme rage and anger towards Claudius for murdering his father and taking over his place as king of Denmark. His anger is most likely at the point of boiling over and he is probably very eager to avenge his father's death.

Chas Bomgardner said...

Hamlet feels betrayed and surprised. He didn't see it coming, he wasn't expecting to hear that his uncle had killed his own brother. Then he is enraged and starts plotting what he can do to exact revenge. He is also very confused, he isn't sure exactly of what he just heard. He needs to process what he's just been told. Basically he's is shock.

Unknown said...

I think that Hamlet is feeling overpowering feelings of betrayal and sadness. Betrayal because the greediness of his own uncle caused him to murder Hamlet's father. Sadness because he is talking to the ghost of his deceased father and is learning the truth. After learning the truth about the death of his father, Hamlet is eager to get revenge on the killer. At this point in the play, Hamlet does everything in his power not to follow his fathers directions.

Bree Quinn

Anonymous said...

Keely Kushmider
I think that at this point Hamlet is just accepting the fact his uncle killed his father and focusing on getting revenge on his uncle. This is when he develops his plan to kill Claudius.

Trevor Frye said...

Hamlet seems sad that his father was killed by his own uncle. However he seems rather gratified that his suspicions about his uncle were true. He is angry at his uncle for what he has done. HE seems eager to kill his uncle and get back at him for his father.

Cat Wicker said...

He is very saddened by his fathers visit and it is evident that he misses him very much. He is angry at his mother but even more angered by the news that his uncle is the murderer. Yet a small part of him seems happy that his suspicions about his uncle have been confirmed.

Megan Donachy said...

When Hamlet found out how his father died, he was shocked. He couldn't believe that Claudius would do such a thing. He was disgusted not only at Claudius, but also his mother for marrying Claudius after the murder. Once the ghost told Hamlet what happened and told him what he wanted done because of it, Hamlet felt determined to obey. It was almost like he was crazy determined at first and then turned to the calm determined. He found his sanity only to plan to act insane again to seek his revenge.